Dr. John H Bechtel MD
Radiation Oncologist | Radiation Oncology
54 Hospital Dr Osage Beach MO, 65065About
Dr. John Bechtel practices Radiation Oncology in Osage Beach, MO. Radiation oncology is a medical specialty that involves treating cancer with radiation. Dr. Bechtel specializes in treating cancer with radiation, using radiation therapy to treat a wide variety of cancers. Radiation therapy uses carefully targeted and regulated doses of high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells.
Education and Training
University of Missouri / Columbia Campus 1999
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Spontaneous Raman scattering by ground-state oxygen atoms.
- Coherent anti-Stokes Raman spectra of oxygen atoms in flames.
- Picosecond laser-spectroscopy measurement of hydroxyl fluorescence lifetime in
- Temperature measurements of the hydroxyl radical and molecular nitrogen in premixed, laminar flames by laser techniques.
- Hydroxyl and its concentration profile in methane-air flames.
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