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spellingShingle García‐Garduño, Olivia Amanda, Celis, Miguel Ángel, Lárraga‐Gutiérrez, José Manuel, Moreno‐Jiménez, Sergio, Martínez‐Dávalos, Arnulfo, Rodríguez‐Villafuerte, Mercedes, Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Instrumentation, Radiation
title Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film
title_full Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film
title_fullStr Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film
title_full_unstemmed Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film
title_short Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film
title_sort radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using gafchromic ebt film
title_unstemmed Radiation transmission, leakage and beam penumbra measurements of a micro‐multileaf collimator using GafChromic EBT film
topic Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, Instrumentation, Radiation
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1120/jacmp.v9i3.2802