Comparison of radiobiological effective depths in 65-MeV modulated proton beams

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 220-225

  Tang, J T ^a   Inoue, T ^a   Yamazaki, H ^a   Fukushima, S ^a   Fournier Bidoz, N ^a   Koizumi, M ^a   Ozeki, S ^b   Hatanaka, K ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chinese hamster ovary cell; Proton; Relative biological effectiveness; Spread out Bragg peak

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL; GAMMA RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0030997315     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.365     Document Type: Article

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