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I've got some old XR-QA2 films that I've been parsimonious with, they are still quite dose sensitive after nearly a decade! I wish they still made this model (good contrast at ~1 mGy, vs the nearly 20 mGy needed for LD-V1). Peter Watson, PhD,</div>
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Precisely. In mammography, just need to remember to protect the detector. Best regards, Doug Douglas Pfeiffer, MS, DABR FACR, FAAPM (he/him) Medical Physicist, Radiation Safety Officer Boulder Community Health xraydoug@ me. com 303. 415. 7515 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-</div>
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In mammography, just need to remember to protect the detector.
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<div>Yep, but for stuff like measuring CT beam collimation it doesn't matter. Crank up the mAs to get a good image, then take an image at half the mAs to use as a reference for FWHM. Sensitivity and fog level shouldn't matter<br>
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From: Douglas Pfeiffer <xraydoug@me.com> <br>
Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 11:06 AM<br>
To: Nicole Ranger <nicoletranger@yahoo.com><br>
Cc: Bob Kobistek <bob@rjkmedphys.com>; DxMedPhys List <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu><br>
Subject: Re: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Gafchromic film<br>
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Yup. It just loses sensitivity, in my experience.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">On Jun 3, 2026, at 9:01 AM, Nicole Ranger via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list@lists.osu.edu> wrote:<br>
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Thanks Bob. I used large sheets in the past to assess skin dose distributions in fluoro procedures and the results were informative but baselines mattered there. Glad to know the consensus is that they can be used almost indefinitely for QC.<br>
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I'd say as long as you can see a useable image, keep using the film. I left some sheets in my hot car over last summer. The sheets are much darker than new sheets, but I'm still using them for CT collimation testing. I can even scan and locate the FWHM with
no problems.<br>
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Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2026 9:33 AM<br>
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Subject: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Gafchromic film<br>
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Good morning list,<br>
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I’ve used Gafchromic film extensively in the past in a dosimetry context where cumulative exposure during storage was important but for the Gafchromic that you use for imaging QC purposes (CT, Mammo, etc…) where the baseline exposure is less important so long
as there is adequate contrast, what would you consider to be a useful timeframe before the film is less useful? Just wondering if there is any downside when buying a box. We have relatively fewer devices here than I have had to support in the past so I’m
not sure how quickly I will go through this stuff.<br>
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TIA<br>
Nicole<br>
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