Radiobiological significance of beamline dependent proton energy distributions in a spread-out Bragg peak

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1119-1126

  Paganetti, Harald ^a   Goitein, Michael ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adiotherapy; Proton beam; Relative biological effectiveness; Spread out Bragg peak

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; CELL CULTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS;

ADIOTHERAPY; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; IRRADIATED TISSUE; MIXED RADIATION FIELDS; PARTICLE THERAPY; PROTON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

BIOINFORMATICS;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOBIOLOGY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034042404     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598977     Document Type: Article

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