The application of PET to quality assurance of heavy-ion tumor therapy

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 175, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 33-36

  Engbardt, Wolfgang ^a   Debus, Jürgen ^b   Haberer, Thomas ^c   Hasch, Bernhard Georg ^a   Hinz, Rainer ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^d   Krämer, Michael ^c   Lauckner, Kathrin ^a   Pawelke, Jörg ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy ion therapy; Positron emission tomography; Quality assurance; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032742708     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03038884     Document Type: Article

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