Semantron 22 Summer 2022

Particle therapy and cancer treatment

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1. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-geometry-of-Compton-scattering-showing-the-directions- of-the-scattered-photon-and_fig1_236737231 21/08/2021 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4407514/ 21/08/2021 3. https://www.hep.ucl.ac.uk/pbt/wiki/Background/Proton_Therapy 21/08/2021 4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7010911/ 21/08/2021

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