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Tissue weighting factor and its clinical relevance*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 August 2013

Syed F. Akber
Syed F. Akber*
Affiliation:
Radiological Physicist, Lorain, OH, USA
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Correspondence to: Syed F. Akber, PhD, DABR, Radiological Physicist, Lorain, OH 44053. Tel: 440 781 0842. E-mail: I sakber@aol.com
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Keywords

body weightorgansorgan weightreference mantissuetissue weighting factor
Type
Technical Note
Information
Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 2014 , pp. 119 - 122
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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Paper presented at the 55th Annual meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, August 4-8, 2013.

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