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This chapter introduces us to Part IV, the subject of which is the stochastic nature of the energy loss of charged particles through collisions.
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McParland, B.J. (2014). Introduction to Part IV. In: Medical Radiation Dosimetry. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5403-7_15
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