Homogeneity of GAFCHROMIC EBT2 film among different lot numbers

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 198-205

  Mizuno, Hirokazu ^a,b   Takahashi, Yutaka ^b   Tanaka, Atsushi ^a   Hirayama, Takamitsu ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Katou, Hiroaki ^a   Takahara, Keiko ^a   Okamoto, Yoshiaki ^a   Teshima, Teruki ^b  

^a OSAKA POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ebt2; Gray value; Homogeneity; Lot; Netod

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866770854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i4.3763     Document Type: Article

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