Influence of fragment reaction of relativistic heavy charged particles on heavy-ion radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1605-1623

  Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Fukumura, Akifumi ^a   Komori, Masataka ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Kohno, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY IONS; HELIUM; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HYDROGEN; PHOSPHORS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES;

FRAGMENT REACTION;

RADIOTHERAPY;

HEAVY ION; HELIUM; HYDROGEN; PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DEVICE INFECTION; GAS FLOW; HEAVY ION RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION; SIMULATION;

IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0038171470     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/11/309     Document Type: Article

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