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Evaluation of two-dimensional dose distributions for pre-treatment patient-specific IMRT dosimetry

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|Apr 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2018-0019 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 346 - 352
Submitted on: Dec 5, 2017
Accepted on: Feb 13, 2018
Published on: Apr 30, 2018
Published by: Association of Radiology and Oncology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2018 Đeni Smilovic Radojcic, David Rajlic, Bozidar Casar, Manda Svabic Kolacio, Nevena Obajdin, Dario Faj, Slaven Jurkovic, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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