A review of proton beam radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1943-1954

  Miller, Daniel W ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

proton microdosimetry; proton systems; protons; therapy history; treatment dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; KNOWLEDGE PERTAINING; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; PROTON TREATMENT; RADIATION TREATMENTS; SAMPLE DATA;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

BEAM THERAPY; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; FRACTIONATION; HUMAN; MICRODOSIMETRY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0028787608     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597435     Document Type: Article

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