Treatment planning

Neutron Capture Therapy: Principles and Applications

Volumn 9783642313349, Issue , 2012, Pages 287-326

  Kiger, W S ^a   Kumada, Hiroaki ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 84901852388     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31334-9_16     Document Type: Chapter

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