Evaluation of several Dupont ® portal film systems

The sensitometric curves (also known as the characteristic curves, or more commonly as the HD curves after Hurler and Driffield who first used such curves in 1890 to describe the response of photographic film to light) of three DuPont ® portal films (CRONEX 10T, 10TL and Ultra-Vision C) in combination with two DuPont ® cassettes (CRONEX Radiation Therapy and Radiation Therapy Verification) were produced utilizing a 60Co beam and a 18 MV beam. The results are compared with that of a Kodak ® portal film system (T-Mat G RA film and X-Omatic V cassette). The sensitometric curves of the DuPont ® films in the Kodak ® cassette were also measured. The results show that the Kodak ® system is superior to the DuPont ® systems with respect to the imaging quality and the feasibility of film techniques, and that if the DuPont ® films are used, significant improvements can be made by combining the DuPont ® films with the Kodak ® cassette.