Correction to: Estimation of linear energy transfer distribution for broad-beam carbon-ion radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan

The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. Figure 2 was published with fake signals in panels (a) and (b) which are corrected in this Erratum. The authors are not responsible for this procedural lapse.

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