MAESTRO: Methods and advanced equipment for simulation and treatment in radio-oncology

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Barthe, Jean | Hugon, Régis | Nicolaï, Jean-Philippe

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International audience. The integrated project MAESTRO (Methods and Advanced Equipment for Simulation and Treatment in Radio-Oncology) under contract with the European Commission in life sciences FP6 (LSHC-CT-2004-503564), concerns innovative research to develop and validate in clinical conditions, advanced methods and equipment needed in cancer treatment for new modalities in high-conformal external radiotherapy using electrons, photons and protons beams of high energy.

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