Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 6-16 , January 2010

Analytical theory for the fluence, planar fluence, energy fluence, planar energy fluence and absorbed dose of primary particles and their fragments in broad therapeutic light ion beams

Received 13 June 2008 ,Revised 4 February 2009 ,Accepted 17 February 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.02.003

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 6-16 , January 2010

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