Relation between carbon ion ranges and x-ray CT numbers

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 701-703

  Jakel O ^a   Jacob, C ^a   Schardt, D ^a   Karger, C P ^a   Hartmann, G H ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon ions; Range in tissue

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON ION THERAPY; CARBON IONS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONS; HOUNSFIELD UNITS; HOUNSFIELD VALUES; MEASUREMENTS OF; PHANTOM MATERIALS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

IONS;

CARBON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0035045105     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1357455     Document Type: Article

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