Absorbed dose in AgBr in direct film for photon energies (<150 keV): Relation to optical density. Theoretical calculation and experimental evaluation

Acta Radiologica, Supplement

Volumn 37, Issue 402, 1996, Pages 5-23

  Helmrot, Ebba ^a   Alm Carlsson, Gudrun ^a  

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