Biological dosimetry of complex ion radiation fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2063-2070

  Kramer M ^a   Wang, J F ^b   Weyrather, W ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b IMP   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ION BEAMS; TISSUE;

RADIATION FIELDS;

DOSIMETRY;

CARBON;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; IONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042172948     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/14/302     Document Type: Article

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