An electronic portal imaging device for transit dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 2273-2283

  Symonds Tayler, J R N ^a   Partridge, M ^a   Evans, P M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION PHYSICS; THICKNESS;

BIOPHYSICS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0030828745     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/11/019     Document Type: Article

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