Exit Dose Measurement in Therapeutic High Energy Photon Beams and Cobalt-60 Gamma Rays
By: S. Sathiyan and M. Ravikumar
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-007-0012-7 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 (formerly 1425-4689) | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
Language: English
Page range: 139 - 148
Published on: Dec 30, 2008
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
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