Method of Calculating Patient Skin Surface Dose in Transcatheter Arterial Embolization
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Radiological Technology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0369-4305,1881-4883
DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.63.871