The IPEMB code of practice for electron dosimetry for radiotherapy beams of initial energy from 2 to 50 MeV based on an air kerma calibration

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2557-2603

  Thwaites, D I ^a   Burns, D T ^a   Klevenhagen, S C ^a   Nahum, A E ^a   Pitchford, W G ^a  

^a Inst Phys Eng in Med and Biol   (United Kingdom)

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CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW;

EID: 0029829433     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/12/001     Document Type: Review

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