Monte Carlo simulation of the SIEMENS IGRT carbon fibre tabletop

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Spezi, E ^a   Angelini, L ^a   Ferri, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

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EID: 34548683267     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/74/1/021017     Document Type: Article

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