Application of a video-optical beam imaging system for quality assurance of medical accelerators.

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Published in Phys Med Biol on December 01, 1998

Authors

L Ma1, A L Boyer, D O Findley, P B Geis, E Mok

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21017, USA. lma001@umaryland.edu

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