Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 81-88 , April 2011

Practical use of Gafchromic® EBT films in electron beams for in-phantom dose distribution measurements and monitor units verification

  • Jad El Barouky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Nathalie Fournier-Bidoz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Alejandro Mazal

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Institut Curie, Paris, France
    • ,
  • Georges Fares

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon
    • ,
  • Jean-Claude Rosenwald

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Institut Curie, Paris, France

Received 13 November 2009 ,Revised 29 January 2010 ,Accepted 28 April 2010.

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PII: S1120-1797(10)00025-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.04.001

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 81-88 , April 2011

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