Development of a compact proton scanning system in Uppsala with a moveable second magnet

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1151-1163

  Lorin, Stefan ^a,d   Grusell, Erik ^b   Tilly, Nina ^a,c   Medin, Joakim ^a   Blom, Mikael ^a   Ziemann, Volker ^d   Reistad, Dag ^d   Glimelius, Bengt ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROL SYSTEM; CYCLOTRON; IONIZATION; MAGNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOPHYSICS; CYCLOTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034090459     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/306     Document Type: Article

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