Characterization of calibration curves and energy dependence GafChromicTM XR-QA2 model based radiochromic film dosimetry system

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Tomic, Nada ^a,b   Quintero, Chrystian ^a,b   Whiting, Bruce R ^c   Aldelaijan, Saad ^a,b   Bekerat, Hamed ^a,b   Liang, Liheng ^a,b   Deblois, François ^a,b   Seuntjens, Jan ^a   Devic, Slobodan ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dose measurements; kVp beam qualities; radiochromic film dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

CALIBRATION CURVES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; DOSE MEASUREMENT; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY; REFLECTANCE CHANGES; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENERGY; FILM DOSIMETER; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; AIR; DEVICES; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PROCEDURES; X RAY FILM;

AIR; CALIBRATION; FILM DOSIMETRY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 84901722250     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4876295     Document Type: Article

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