A compact ridge filter for spread out Bragg peak production in pulsed proton clinical beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1427-1430

  Kostjuchenko, Valeri ^a   Nichiporov, Dmitri ^a   Luckjashin, Victor ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Proton therapy; Ridge filter

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; PROTON BEAMS;

BRAGG PEAKS; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE FIELDS; PROTON THERAPY; PULSED BEAMS; RIDGE FILTER; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; SPREAD OUTS;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; DEVICE; FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034922887     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1380433     Document Type: Article

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