Nanoparticle-aided external beam radiotherapy leveraging the Čerenkov effect
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physica Medica
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1120-1797
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.06.015