Characterization of the homogeneous tissue mixture approximation in breast imaging dosimetry.

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Published in Med Phys on August 01, 2012

Authors

Ioannis Sechopoulos1, Kristina Bliznakova, Xulei Qin, Baowei Fei, Steve Si Jia Feng

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, 1701 Upper Gate Drive Northeast, Suite 5018, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. isechop@emory.edu

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