Limiting values of backscatter factors for low-energy x-ray beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 239-253

  Patrocinio, Horacio J ^a   Bissonnette, Jean Pierre ^a   Bussière, Marc R ^a   Schreiner, L John ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 0030032398     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/41/2/003     Document Type: Article

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