Total scatter factors of small beams: A multidetector and Monte Carlo study

Medical Physics - Tập 35 Số 2 - Trang 504-513 - 2008
Paolo Francescon1, S. Cora1, Carlo Cavedon1
1Department of Medical Physics, ULSS 6, Vicenza, Italy

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