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Open beam dosimetric characteristics of True Beam medical linear accelerator with flattening filter (WFF) and flattening filter free (FFF) beam Cover

Open beam dosimetric characteristics of True Beam medical linear accelerator with flattening filter (WFF) and flattening filter free (FFF) beam

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|Jun 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2018-0011 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 79 - 89
Submitted on: Jul 25, 2017
Accepted on: Apr 18, 2018
Published on: Jun 26, 2018
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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