Evaluation of the Gafchromic® EBT2 film for the dosimetry of radiosurgical beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6111-6117

  Lárraga Gutiérrez, José M ^a   García Hernández, Diana ^a   García Garduño, Olivia A ^a,b   Galván De La Cruz, Olga O ^a   Ballesteros Zebadúa, Paola ^a   Esparza Moreno, Karina P ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

film dosimetry; non equilibrium dosimetry; radiochromic film; small beam dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DIODES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; RADIATION DETECTORS; TISSUE;

DIODE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRONIC EQUILIBRIUM; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FILM DOSIMETRY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; NON EQUILIBRIUM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; STANDARD MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84867306416     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4752211     Document Type: Article

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