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        <journal-title>British Journal of Medical and Health Research</journal-title>
        <abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">BJMHR</abbrev-journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2394-2967</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">https://zenodo.org/records/13859865</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">BJMHR1106002</article-id>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Procedure for calibration curve determination of radiochromic films for routine QA in Superficial Therapy X-Ray equipment</article-title>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Cordero-Ramirez</surname>
            <given-names>Anthony</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Vargas-Segura</surname>
            <given-names>Walter</given-names>
          </name>
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        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>AvendaÃ±o-Soto</surname>
            <given-names>Esteban</given-names>
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      <aff id="aff1">Research Center in Materials Science and Engineering. University of Costa Rica</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Physics Department. Costa Rican Institute of Technology.</aff>
      <aff id="aff3">Research Center in Materials Science and Engineering. University of Costa Rica.</aff>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub" iso-8601-date="2024-06-01">
        <month>06</month>
        <day>01</day>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>11</volume>
      <issue>6</issue>
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        <p>Purpose: This paper approaches the calibration procedure for EBT3 radiochromic films, and its precision, using a flat-bed scanner as a digitization system, for routine QA in a Superficial Therapy X-Ray machine.
Methods: This paper analyzes precision in EBT3 radiochromic film calibration, using a flat-bed scanner as a digitization system, and describing routine control procedure within the framework of a quality assurance program for X-Ray equipment. Radiochromic films were cut into 5cm x 5cm squares, placed on 5cm of PMMA at 15cm source-film distance, and irradiated with several doses to obtain the calibration curve of net optical density (ODn) as a function of dose, and dose uncertainties were computed by residual analysis.
Results: The calibration curve fits a fourth-degree polynomial function, with uncertainties of 2.10%, and 2.48% for the dispersion in the dose measurements in the films; we also considered a 3.5% uncertainty in dose measurements due to the use of an ionization chamber, for a net uncertainty (one sigma) of 4.77 % in the dose value.
Conclusions: The calibration curve of the EBT3 films was obtained by a procedure that establishes the ODn as a function of the dose delivered by the X-Ray machine, based on the traceability of the dose.</p>
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        <kwd>Superficial Therapy X-Ray</kwd>
        <kwd>Radiochromic Film</kwd>
        <kwd>EBT3</kwd>
        <kwd>Optical Density</kwd>
        <kwd>Calibration Curve</kwd>
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