Dosimetric Characteristics of Detectors in Measurement of Beam Data for Small Fields of Linear Accelerator
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Koo, Ki-Lae
(Department of Radiation Oncology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine)
Yang, Oh-Nam (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Lim, Cheong-Hwan (Department of Radiological Science, Hanseo University) Choi, Won-Sik (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Shin, Seong-Soo (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) Ahn, Woo-Sang (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gangneung Asan Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine) |
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