EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY FAST NEUTRONS PRODUCED IN CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SECONDARY FAST NEUTRONS PRODUCED IN CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY
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碳离子放射治疗中产生的二次快中子的实验研究

DOI：
10.22323/1.025.0038
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2007
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通讯作者：
K. Gunzert
K. Gunzert
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作者：
D. Schardt;H. Iwase;R. Simon;K. Gunzert

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