Fast Pencil Beam Dose Calculation for Proton Therapy Using a Double-Gaussian Beam Model
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Fast Pencil Beam Dose Calculation for Proton Therapy Using a Double-Gaussian Beam Model
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Oncology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2234-943X
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00281