Particle selection for laser-accelerated proton therapy feasibility study

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1660-1670

  Fourkal, E ^a   Li, J S ^a   Ding, M ^a   Tajima, T ^b   Ma, C M ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Laser proton acceleration; Proton radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOSIMETRY; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MIXING; MODULATION; PROTON BEAMS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LASER-ACCELERATED PROTONS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; PROTON ACCELERATION; PROTON DISTRIBUTIONS; PROTON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; SPATIAL DIFFERENTIATION; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037695867     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1586268     Document Type: Article

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