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David Sarrut1, Nicolas Arbor2, Thomas Baudier1

  • 1Université de Lyon; CREATIS; CNRS UMR5220; Inserm U1294; INSA-Lyon; Université Lyon 1, Léon Bérard cancer center, Lyon, France.

Physics in Medicine and Biology
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PubMed

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