Comparison of three film analysis softwares using EBT2 and EBT3 films in radiotherapy

Pócza, Tamás; Zongor, Zsuzsánna; Melles-Bencsik, Barbara; Tatai-Szabó, Dóra Zita; Major, Tibor; Pesznyák, Csilla

Comparison of three film analysis softwares using EBT2 and EBT3 films in radiotherapy

Radiology and Oncology

Volume 54 (2020): Issue 4 (December 2020)

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Tamás Pócza, Zsuzsánna Zongor, Barbara Melles-Bencsik, Dóra Zita Tatai-Szabó, Tibor Major and Csilla Pesznyák

Open Access

|Aug 2020

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2020-0049 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099

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Language: English

Page range: 505 - 512

Submitted on: Feb 23, 2020

Accepted on: Jun 27, 2020

Published on: Aug 5, 2020

Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

Keywords:

radiochromic,

IMRT,

gamma analysis,

film analysis software

Related subjects:

Medicine,

Clinical medicine,

Internal medicine,

Haematology, oncology,

Radiology

© 2020 Tamás Pócza, Zsuzsánna Zongor, Barbara Melles-Bencsik, Dóra Zita Tatai-Szabó, Tibor Major, Csilla Pesznyák, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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