Localized extra focal dose collimator angle dependence during VMAT: An out-of-field Monte Carlo study using PRIMO software
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Physics and Chemistry
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0969-806X
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2020.108694