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Mammalian cell survival studies characterizing multiport negative π-meson irradiation with the Stanford Medical Pion Generator (SMPG)

G. C. Li Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA; Department of Medical Physics and Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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P. Fessenden Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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G. M. Hahn Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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G. Fisher Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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G. Luxton Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
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M. A. Bagshaw Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA
Pages 361-370 | Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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