Monte carlo techniques in nuclear medicine dosimetry

Therapeutic Applications of Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 28-54

  Zaidi, Habib ^a   Andreo, Pedro ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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