Dosimetry effects caused by unilateral and bilateral hip prostheses: A monte carlo case study in megavoltage photon radiotherapy for computed tomography data without metal artifacts
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Physics
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0971-6203
DOI: 10.4103/jmp.jmp_70_18