Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 286-292 , Winter 2008

Phantom Dosimetric Study of Nondivergent Aluminum Tissue Compensator Using Ion Chamber, TLD, and Gafchromic Film

Received 12 December 2006 ,Accepted 27 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2007.12.001

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 33, Issue 4 , Pages 286-292 , Winter 2008

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