Dose-response curve of EBT, EBT2, and EBT3 radiochromic films to synchrotron-produced monochromatic x-ray beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 7412-7417

  Brown, Thomas A D ^a   Hogstrom, Kenneth R ^a   Alvarez, Diane ^a   Matthews II, Kenneth L ^a   Ham, Kyungmin ^a   Dugas, Joseph P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EBT2; EBT3; energy dependence; monochromatic x rays; radiochromic film

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EBT2; EBT3; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; MONOCHROMATIC X-RAYS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM;

X RAYS;

EID: 84870935210     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4767770     Document Type: Article

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