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Title: Proton dose calculation on scatter-corrected CBCT image: Feasibility study for adaptive proton therapy: Proton dose calculation on CBCT image
NSF-PAR ID:
10022479
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Medical Physics
Volume:
42
Issue:
8
ISSN:
0094-2405
Page Range / eLocation ID:
4449 to 4459
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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