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Application of a color scanner for 60Co high dose rate brachytherapy dosimetry with ebt radiochromic film

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|Nov 2012

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10019-012-0015-1 | Journal eISSN: 1581-3207 | Journal ISSN: 1318-2099
Language: English
Page range: 363 - 369
Submitted on: Nov 19, 2011
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Accepted on: Dec 28, 2011
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Published on: Nov 9, 2012
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2012 Mahdi Ghorbani, Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Ali Asghar Mowlavi, Shahram Bayani Roodi, Ali Soleimani Meigooni, published by Association of Radiology and Oncology
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