Reference dosimetry during diagnostic CT examination using XR-QA radiochromic film model

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5119-5129

  Boivin, Jonathan ^a   Tomic, Nada ^b,c   Fadlallah, Bassam ^c   Deblois, François ^b,c   Devic, Slobodan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CT dose; dosimetry; radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; PHANTOMS; REFLECTION; SCANNING; X RAY TUBES;

CALIBRATION CURVES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-LENGTH PRODUCTS; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; REFLECTANCE CHANGES; SINUSOIDAL PATTERNS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052418346     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3622607     Document Type: Article

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