In-beam PET imaging for the control of heavy-ion tumour therapy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4 PART 1, 1997, Pages 1492-1498

  Pawelke, J ^a   Enghardt, W ^a   Haberer, Th ^a   Hasch, B G ^a   Hinz, R ^a   Kramer M ^a   Lauckner, K ^a   Sobiella, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ION BEAMS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

HEAVY ION TUMOR THERAPY;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031212787     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.632694     Document Type: Article

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