A design of a rotating gantry for non-symmetric ion-therapy beams

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

Volumn 438, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 548-559

  Pavlovic, Márius ^a,b  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b MedAustron GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beam transport; Heavy ion beam delivery; Heavy ion gantry; Ion optics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; PARTICLE OPTICS; RADIOTHERAPY;

HEAVY ION GANTRIES; ION OPTICS; ION-THERAPY BEAMS;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 0033284309     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00828-1     Document Type: Article

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