High-DQE EPIDs based on thick, segmented BGO and CsI:Tl scintillators: Performance evaluation at extremely low dose
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Medical Physics
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0094-2405
DOI: 10.1118/1.3259721