Role of Relativistic Quantum Theory in Hadron Radiation Therapy

Subject Areas : Photonics in Cancer Treatment

Seyede Nasrin HoseiniMotlagh ¹ ( Department of Physics, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran )
Neda Farhangkhah ² ( Department of Physics, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran )
Mohammad Ghasemi Shabankareh ³ ( Department of Physics, Shiraz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran )

Received: 2023-02-23 Accepted : 2023-07-18 Published : 2023-07-30

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