Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 211-215 , Autumn 2007

Correlation Between Detector Array Measurements and a Computer Algorithm for Enhanced Dynamic Wedge Profiles

Received 18 January 2007 ,Accepted 6 February 2007.

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PII: S0958-3947(07)00044-1

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.02.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 211-215 , Autumn 2007

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