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Imaging of primary and secondary radiation - modelling and experimental results of a radioactive source and a water phantom

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Imaging of primary and secondary radiation - modelling and experimental results of a radioactive source and a water phantom. / Gamage, Kelum; Taylor, Graeme ; Joyce, Malcolm.
In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 763, 01.11.2014, p. 412-416.

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Gamage, K, Taylor, G & Joyce, M 2014, 'Imaging of primary and secondary radiation - modelling and experimental results of a radioactive source and a water phantom', Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, vol. 763, pp. 412-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.06.076

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Gamage, K., Taylor, G., & Joyce, M. (2014). Imaging of primary and secondary radiation - modelling and experimental results of a radioactive source and a water phantom. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 763, 412-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2014.06.076

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Gamage K, Taylor G, Joyce M. Imaging of primary and secondary radiation - modelling and experimental results of a radioactive source and a water phantom. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2014 Nov 1;763:412-416. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2014.06.076

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Gamage, Kelum ; Taylor, Graeme ; Joyce, Malcolm. / Imaging of primary and secondary radiation - modelling and experimental results of a radioactive source and a water phantom. In: Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment. 2014 ; Vol. 763. pp. 412-416.

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