A study of surface dosimetry for breast cancer radiotherapy treatments using Gafchromic EBT2 film

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 83-97

  Nakano, Masahiro ^a,c,d   Hill, Robin F ^a,b   Whitaker, May ^b   Kim, Jung Ha ^a   Kuncic, Zdenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c 2 24 18 Higashikoiwa   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast radiotherapy; Radiation dosimetry; Radiochromic film; Surface doses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863519368     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i3.3727     Document Type: Article

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