Document Type : Editorial
Authors
- Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi 1, 2
- Joseph J Bevelacqua 3
- James Welsh 4, 5
- Alireza Mehdizdeh 1, 2, 6
1 Ionizing and Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection Research Center (INIRPRC), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
2 Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
3 Bevelacqua Resources, Owens Cross Roads, AL, United States
4 Department of Radiation Oncology Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital Hines, Illinois, United States
5 Department of Radiation Oncology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, IL, United States
6 Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Highlights
Seyed Mahammad Javad Mortazavi (Google Scholar)
James Welsh (PubMed)
Alireza Mehdizadeh (Google Scholar)
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