Characteristics of Gafchromic XRQA2 films for kV image dose measurement

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 842-850

  Giaddui, Tawfik ^a   Cui, Yunfeng ^a   Galvin, James ^a   Chen, Wenzhou ^a   Yu, Yan ^a   Xiao, Ying ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

kV image dose; radiochromic films; XRQA2

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); FILM GROWTH; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; IRRADIATION; REFLECTION; SCANNING; TRANSMISSIONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIBRATION UNCERTAINTY; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE (CBCT); KV IMAGE DOSE; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; SCANNING RESOLUTION; TRANSMISSION SCANNING; XRQA2;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 84863014791     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3675398     Document Type: Article

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