Calibrating page sized Gafchromic EBT3 films

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Crijns, W ^a   Maes, F ^b   Van Der Heide, U A ^c   Van Den Heuvel, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

calibration; dosimetry; IMRT; radiochromic film; VMAT

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; CURRICULA; DOSIMETRY; ERRORS; MEAN SQUARE ERROR; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

CALIBRATION AND MEASUREMENTS; IMRT; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LINEAR COMBINATION MODEL; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; ROOT MEAN SQUARED ERRORS; TREATMENT VERIFICATION; VMAT;

CALIBRATION;

MONOMER; POLYMER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FILM; FILM DOSIMETER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PELVIS; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PELVIS; PROSTATE; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84872019999     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4771960     Document Type: Article

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