Advanced Physics for Brachytherapy 2018

Radiochromic films

• Self-developing films based on diacetylenes researched since the 1960s as high dose radiations dosimeters • A more sensitive film, known as GAFchromic TM , was introduced by the mid-1980s by International Specialty Products (ISP) Technology, a division of GAF Chemical Corporation (General Aniline & Film Corporation) • ISP was acquired by Ashland Inc in 2011 • for commercial information on radiochromic films see: http://www.gafchromic.com/index.asp