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Braccini, 2016 - Google Patents

Particle accelerators and detectors for medical diagnostics and therapy

Braccini, 2016

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6218365034974683887
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Braccini S
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arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.06820

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This Habilitationsschrift (Habilitation thesis) is focused on my research activities on medical applications of particle physics and was written in 2013 to obtain the Venia Docendi (Habilitation) in experimental physics at the University of Bern. It is based on selected …
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