A new Monte Carlo tool for organ dose estimation in computed tomography

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Numéro		Radioprotection Volume 55, Numéro 2, April-June 2020


Page(s)		123 - 134
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2020006
Publié en ligne		27 mars 2020

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