Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 75-80 , April 2011

A simple analytical expression to calculate the backscatter factor for low energy X-ray beams

  • U. Chica

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Física Atómica, Molecular y Nuclear, Universidad de Granada, E-18071 Granada, Spain
    • Centro Javeriano de Oncología, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Carrera 7, No. 40-62, Bogotá D.C., Colombia
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  • G. Flórez

      Affiliations

    • Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory, 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 29 October 2009 ,Revised 19 January 2010 ,Accepted 31 March 2010.

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PII: S1120-1797(10)00024-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.03.003

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 27, Issue 2 , Pages 75-80 , April 2011

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