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New Technologies in Radiation Oncology

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  1. Institute of Medical Physics, Henkestrasse 91, 91052, Erlangen, Germany

    Marc Kachelriess PhD

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  1. Abteilung Medizinische Physik in der Strahlentherapie, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Wolfgang Schlegel PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 30,Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114, USA

    Thomas Bortfeld PhD (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinikum rechts der Isar Technical University Munich, Ismaningerstrasse 22, 81675, München, Germany

    Anca-Ligia Grosu MD (Privatdozent) (Privatdozent)

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Kachelriess, M. (2006). Clinical X-Ray Computed Tomography. 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_7

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