Physical and biophysical characteristics of a fully modulated 72 MeV therapeutic proton beam: Model predictions and experimental data

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 89-100

  Biaggi, M ^a   Ballarini, F ^a,b   Burkard, W ^c   Egger, E ^c   Ferrari, A ^b,d   Ottolenghi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROTONS;

PROTON BEAMS; SOFTWARE PACKAGE FLUKA MC; SPREAD-OUT BRAGG PEAK (SOBP);

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033354409     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(99)00551-0     Document Type: Article

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