Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 51-57 , June 2009

Benchmark of penelope for low and medium energy X-rays

  • U. Chica

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
    • Unidad de Radiología, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
    • ,
  • M. Anguiano

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
    • ,
  • A.M. Lallena

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 958 243216.

Received 25 January 2008 ,Revised 7 April 2008 ,Accepted 8 April 2008.

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PII: S1120-1797(08)00048-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.04.001

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 25, Issue 2 , Pages 51-57 , June 2009

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