Treatment planning for heavy ion radiotherapy: Clinical implementation and application

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1101-1116

  Jakel O ^a   Kramer M ^b   Karger, C P ^a   Debus, J ^c  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS;

CARBON ION TREATMENTS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON; HEAVY ION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; GERMANY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEAD POSITION; HEAD TILTING; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONITORING; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHORDOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035058903     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/4/314     Document Type: Article

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