Dose perturbations at high-Z interfaces in kilovoltage photon beams: comparison with Monte Carlo simulations and measurements
- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Radiation Physics and Chemistry
- Vol. 64 (3) , 173-179
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-806x(01)00460-1
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