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Original Articles: NACP Symposium on Radiophysics

Patient-specific QA for the HyperArc technique using gafchromic film with multiple calibration methods

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Pages 1215-1221 | Received 03 May 2023, Accepted 17 Aug 2023, Published online: 06 Sep 2023

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