Simulation of surface flux received through breast tumor radiation therapy with MCNPX code
Subject Areas : Photon Therapy, Diagnosis and Equipment
Parsa Afshin
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(Department of Biomedical Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Isfahan, Iran.)
Sharifeh Shahi
2
(Laser and Biophotonics in Biotechnologies Research Center, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Isfahan, Iran.)
Farhad Azimi Far
3
(Department of Biomedical Engineering, Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Isfahan, Iran.)
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