Technical note - homogeneity of Gafchromic EBT2 film

Purpose: The self-developing Gafchromic® EBT film is a radiochromic film, widely used for relative photon dosimetry. Recently, the manufacturer has replaced the well-investigated EBT film by the new Gafchromic® EBT2 film. It has the same sensitive component and, in addition, it contains a yellow mar...

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Hauptverfasser: Breithaupt, Bernadette (VerfasserIn) , Martišíková, Mária (VerfasserIn) , Jäkel, Oliver (VerfasserIn)
Dokumenttyp: Article (Journal)
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: [April 2010]
In: Medical physics
Year: 2010, Jahrgang: 37, Heft: 4, Pages: 1753-1756
ISSN:2473-4209
DOI:10.1118/1.3368601
Online-Zugang:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3368601
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1118/1.3368601
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Verfasserangaben:Bernadette Hartmann, Mária Martišíková, Oliver Jäkel

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