Broad-beam three-dimensional irradiation system for heavy-ion radiotherapy at HIMAC

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 430, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 143-153

  Futami, Yasuyuki ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Fujita, Makoto ^b   Tomura, Hiromi ^a   Higashi, Akio ^c   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Miyahara, Nobuyuki ^a   Endo, Masahiro ^a   Kawachi, Kiyomitsu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Inage ku   (Japan)

^c Health Promotion Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

CONFORMATION THERAPY; DYNAMIC THERAPY; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IRRADIATION SYSTEM;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0032666628     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00194-1     Document Type: Article

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