Highlights
- •Microbeam radiation therapy is an innovative radiotherapy technique.
- •Radiocromic film dosimetry at micrometric scale is fundamental.
- •Comparison between a microdensitometer and an optical microscope for film dosimetry.
- •Definition of film dosimetry protocol for microbeam dose analysis.
- •The microscope allows more precise, accurate and reliable dose evaluation.
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