A Procedural Guide to Film Dosimetry

A Procedural Guide to Film Dosimetry

Author:  Inhwan Jason Yeo and Jong Oh Kim
ISBN:  9781930524194      ISBN10:  1930524196
Published:  2004 | 65pp  | Softcover


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Table of Contents

1 Introduction
1.1 Problems Associated with Ion Chambers for In-phantom Dosimetry
1.2 Other Measurement Methods for Multidimensional In-phantom Dosimetry
1.3 Radiographic Film for In-phantom Dosimetry

2 Basic Understanding of Radiographic Film Dosimetry
2.1 Radiographic Film Image Formation
2.2 Quantitative Radiographic Film Response to Radiation
2.3 Energy Dependence of Radiographic Film Response to Radiation
2.4 Impact of Film Overresponse to Low-Energy Photons on IMRT Measurement
2.5 Improving Film Dosimetry for the Measurement of Open Beams
2.6 Importance of Film Overresponse in IMRT

3 Film Calibration
3.1 Overview and Underlying Principles
3.2 Procedure

4 Measurement and Analysis
4.1 Overview and Underlying Principles
4.2 Procedure

5 Accepting Film Dosimetry
5.1 Overview and Underlying Principles
5.2 Procedure

6 XV Versus EDR2 Film

7 Filtration Method for Reducing Film Overresponse
7.1 Overview and Underlying Principles
7.2 Procedure

References
Index