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TG‐69: Radiographic film for megavoltage beam dosimetry
dc.contributor.authorPai, Sujatha
dc.contributor.authorDas, Indra J.
dc.contributor.authorDempsey, James F.
dc.contributor.authorLam, Kwok L.
dc.contributor.authorLoSasso, Thomas J.
dc.contributor.authorOlch, Arthur J.
dc.contributor.authorPalta, Jatinder R.
dc.contributor.authorReinstein, Lawrence E.
dc.contributor.authorRitt, Dan
dc.contributor.authorWilcox, Ellen E.
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-06T20:46:10Z
dc.date.available2017-01-06T20:46:10Z
dc.date.issued2007-06
dc.identifier.citationPai, Sujatha; Das, Indra J.; Dempsey, James F.; Lam, Kwok L.; LoSasso, Thomas J.; Olch, Arthur J.; Palta, Jatinder R.; Reinstein, Lawrence E.; Ritt, Dan; Wilcox, Ellen E. (2007). "TG‐69: Radiographic film for megavoltage beam dosimetry." Medical Physics 34(6): 2228-2258.
dc.identifier.issn0094-2405
dc.identifier.issn2473-4209
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/134818
dc.publisherAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.otherlinear accelerators
dc.subject.othertumours
dc.subject.otherdosimeters
dc.subject.otherphantoms
dc.subject.otherDosimetry
dc.subject.otherImage scanners
dc.subject.otherCalibration
dc.subject.otherSilver
dc.subject.otherIntensity modulated radiation therapy
dc.subject.otherRadiography
dc.subject.otherPhotons
dc.subject.otherField size
dc.subject.otherX‐ray optics
dc.subject.otherRadiosurgery
dc.subject.otherfilms
dc.subject.otherdosimetry
dc.subject.otherAccelerators
dc.subject.otherStandards and calibration
dc.subject.otherDiseases
dc.subject.otherRadiation sources
dc.subject.otherTreatment strategy
dc.subject.otherAncillary equipment
dc.subject.othercancer
dc.subject.otherradiation therapy
dc.subject.othercalibration
dc.subject.otherdensitometry
dc.titleTG‐69: Radiographic film for megavoltage beam dosimetry
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelMedicine (General)
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelHealth Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRadiological Imaging Technology, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado 80907
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRadiation Oncology Department, St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut 06105
dc.contributor.affiliationotherMedical Physics Department, Memorial Sloan‐Kettering CancerCenter, New York, New York 10021
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRadiation Therapy Department, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas 77024
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRadiation Oncology Department, SUNY Stony Brook UniversityHospital, Stony Brook, New York 11794
dc.contributor.affiliationotherDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610
dc.contributor.affiliationotherRadiation Oncology Program, Childrens Hospital of LA, LosAngeles, California 90027
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/134818/1/mp6779.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1118/1.2736779
dc.identifier.sourceMedical Physics
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