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Schlegel, W., Grosser, K.H., Häring, P., Rhein, B. (2006). Beam Delivery in 3D Conformal Radiotherapy Using Multi-Leaf Collimators. In: Schlegel, W., Bortfeld, T., Grosu, AL. (eds) New Technologies in Radiation Oncology. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29999-8_20
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