Synchrotrons for hadron therapy: Part I

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

Volumn 430, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 512-522

  Badano, L ^a   Benedikt, M ^b,c   Bryant, P ^b   Crescenti, M ^a   Holy, P ^d   Knaus, P ^a,b   Maier, A ^b,c   Pullia, M ^a   Rossi, S ^a  

^a TERA Foundation   (Switzerland)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c c/o RIZ   (Switzerland)

^d Oncology 2000 Foundation   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

HADRON THERAPY;

SYNCHROTRONS;

EID: 0033165221     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: None    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00206-5     Document Type: Article

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