Feasibility of employing thick microbeams from superficial and orthovoltage kVp x-ray tubes for radiotherapy of superficial cancers
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Physics and Chemistry
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0969-806X
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2017.02.047