Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 273-282 , Winter 2006

Comparison of Kodak EDR2 and Gafchromic EBT film for intensity-modulated radiation therapy dose distribution verification

  • A. Sankar, M.Sc

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai, India
    • Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai, India
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: A. Sankar, Department of Radiation Oncology, Apollo Specialty Hospital, 320 Mount Road, Chennai-600 035, India
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  • Komanduri M. Ayyangar, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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  • R. Mothilal Nehru, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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  • P.G. Gopalakrishna Kurup, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai, India
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  • V. Murali, Ph.D

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Apollo Specialty Hospital, Chennai, India
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  • Charles A. Enke, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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  • J. Velmurugan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physics, Anna University, Chennai, India

Received 5 October 2005 ,Accepted 2 June 2006.

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PII: S0958-3947(06)00126-9

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2006.06.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 273-282 , Winter 2006

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