An efficient protocol for radiochromic film dosimetry combining calibration and measurement in a single scan

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6339-6350

  Lewis, David ^a   Micke, Andre ^a   Yu, Xiang ^a   Chan, Maria F ^b  

^a ASHLAND INC   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetry; IMRT; multichannel; quality assurance; radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE RESOLUTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS; SCANNING;

CALIBRATION AND MEASUREMENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; IMRT; MEASUREMENT PROTOCOL; MULTICHANNEL; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; VOLUMETRIC MODULATED ARC THERAPY;

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY;

EID: 84867286606     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4754797     Document Type: Article

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