Linearization of dose-response curve of the radiochromic film dosimetry system

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4850-4857

  Devic, Slobodan ^a,b   Tomic, Nada ^a,b   Aldelaijan, Saad ^c   Deblois, Francois ^a,b   Seuntjens, Jan ^a   Chan, Maria F ^d   Lewis, Dave ^e  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Saudi Food and Drug Authority   (Saudi Arabia)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e ASHLAND INC   (United States)

Author keywords

radiochromic film; relative dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; LINEARIZATION; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING;

CLINICAL APPLICATION; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE CURVES; FUNCTIONAL ARGUMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETERS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84864645383     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4736800     Document Type: Article

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