Dose calculations for irregular fields using three-dimensional first-scatter integration.

R Boesecke; G H Hartmann; H Scharfenberg; W Schlegel

doi:10.1088/0031-9155/31/3/009

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Dose calculations for irregular fields using three-dimensional first-scatter integration.

R Boesecke·G H Hartmann·H Scharfenberg·W Schlegel

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R Boesecke, G H Hartmann, H Scharfenberg, W Schlegel. 1986. Dose calculations for irregular fields using three-dimensional first-scatter integration.. https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155%2F31%2F3%2F009

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