Dosimetric techniques for mammography X-ray beams

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 957-958

  Assiamah, M ^a   Nam, T L ^a   Keddy, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 4344630057     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2004.05.001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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