Modelling of an orthovoltage X-ray therapy unit with the EGSnrc Monte Carlo package

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Knöös, Tommy ^a   Munck Af Rosenschöld, Per ^a   Wieslander, Elinore ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 34548668945     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/74/1/021009     Document Type: Article

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