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On the relationships between electron spot size, focal spot size, and virtual source position in Monte Carlo simulations

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Bibliographic reference Sterpin, Edmond ; Vynckier, Stefaan ; et. al. On the relationships between electron spot size, focal spot size, and virtual source position in Monte Carlo simulations. In: Medical Physics, Vol. 38, no. 3, p. 1579-1586 (2011)
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