Tumor therapy with heavy charged particles

Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics

Volumn 45, Issue SUPPL.2, 2000, Pages

  Kraft, G ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARBON; CELLS; DOSIMETRY; HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTONS; TISSUE;

RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS (RBE); TUMOR THERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0034506342     PISSN: 01466410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0146-6410(00)00112-5     Document Type: Article

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