Specification of absorbed dose and radiation quality in heavy particle therapy. (A review)

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 70, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 517-527

  Wambersie, A ^a   Menzel, H G ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ALGORITHM; BEAM THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; HEAVY ION RADIATION; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHANTOM; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030935869     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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