Range-uncertainty imaging for obtaining dose perturbations in proton therapy

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2309-2313

  Schneider, Uwe ^a   Tourovsky, Alexander ^a  

^a TRIEMLI HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications of radiation; Protons; Radiography

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

PROTON RADIOGRAPHY; PROTON THERAPY;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0032184589     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.725269     Document Type: Article

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