Measurements and Monte Carlo calculations to determine the absolute detector response of radiochromic film for brachytherapy dosimetry.

Keywords

Dosimetry, Monte Carlo method, Brachytherapy, Detector, Medical physics

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• Dosimetric evaluation of the Fletcher–Williamson ovoid for pulsed-dose-rate brachytherapy: a Monte Carlo studyMichael Price, John L. Horton, Kent A. Gifford — 2005
• Precise radiochromic film dosimetry using a flat-bed document scanner.Slobodan Dević, Jan Seuntjens, E Sham — 2005
• High precision film dosimetry with GAFCHROMIC films for quality assurance especially when using small fields.Andreas F. Mack, Günther Mack, Dirk Weltz — 2003
• Dose response characteristics of new models of GAFCHROMIC films: dependence on densitometer light source and radiation energy.Sou‐Tung Chiu‐Tsao, T. Duckworth, Chuanfang Zhang — 2004
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• Energy dependence of response of new high sensitivity radiochromic films for megavoltage and kilovoltage radiation energies.Sou‐Tung Chiu‐Tsao, Yunsil Ho, Ravi Shankar — 2005
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