Calculation of relative biological effectiveness for proton beams using biological weighting functions

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 719-729

  Paganetti, Harald ^a,d   Olko, Pawel ^b   Kobus, Hubert ^a   Becker, Regina ^a   Schmitz, Thomas ^a   Waligorski, Michael P R ^b,c   Filges, Detlef ^a   Müller Gärtner, Hans Wilhelm ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bragg peak; Microdosimetry; Protons; Relative biological effectiveness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHINESE HAMSTER; MICRODOSIMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MICE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030944411     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00540-8     Document Type: Article

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