A simple method for determining dosimetric leaf gap with cross-field dose width for rounded leaf-end multileaf collimator systems
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Determining the optimal dosimetric leaf gap setting for rounded leaf‐end multileaf collimator systems by simple test fields
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Oncology
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI: 10.1186/s13014-018-1164-1