W values and radial dose distributions for protons in TE-gas and air at energies up to 500 MeV

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 325-337

  Grosswendt, B ^a   Baek, W Y ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS;

AIR; ELECTRONS; GASES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031909980     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/2/008     Document Type: Article

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