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Cluster Models in Cellular Level Electron Dose Calculations

Juha S. Lampinen, Petteri J. Välimäki, Antti A. Kuronen, Jiri Stepanek, Sauli E. Savolainen From the Department of Physics (J.S. Lampinen, P.J. Va lima ki), University of Helsinki, Department of Radiology (J.S. Lampinen), Helsinki University Central Hospital Helsinki, Finland, Laboratory of Computational Engineering, (A.A. Kuronen), Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, the Accelerator Laboratory, (A.A. Kuronen), University of Helsinki, Finland, Institute for Medical Radiobiology (MRI) of the University of Zurich and the Paul Scherrer Institute (J. Stepanek), Villigen, Switzerland, and the Departments of Radiology and Laboratory Medicine, (S.E. Savolainen), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
Pages 367-372 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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