Comparison of Gafchromic EBT2 and EBT3 films for clinical photon and proton beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5257-5262

  Reinhardt, S ^a   Hillbrand, M ^b   Wilkens, J J ^c   Assmann, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Rinecker Proton Therapy Center   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

depth dose curve; EBT2 film; EBT3 film; energy dependence; Gafchromic film; proton therapy

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS;

BATCH-TO-BATCH VARIATIONS; CONFORMAL RADIATION THERAPY; DEPTH DOSE; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PROTON THERAPY;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

EID: 84864712264     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4737890     Document Type: Article

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