Oblique gantry - an alternative solution for a beam delivery system for heavy-ion cancer therapy

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

Volumn 434, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 454-466

  Pavlovic, Márius ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS; ONCOLOGY; PARTICLE OPTICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING;

BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEM; BEAM TRANSPORT; HEAVY ION CANCER THERAPY; ION OPTICS; OBLIQUE GANTRY; PATIENT POSITIONING SYSTEM;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 0033592262     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(99)00516-1     Document Type: Article

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