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A new dose application method, the voxel scanning, is described which permits three-dimensional irradiation of deep seated tumors.
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Invited paper given on the fourth workshop on “Heavy Charged Particles in Biology and Medicine“ GSI, Darmstadt, FRG, September 23–25, 1991
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Scheib, S., Pedroni, E. Dose calculation and optimization for 3D conformal voxel scanning. Radiat Environ Biophys 31, 251–256 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01214833
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01214833