RBE variation as a function of depth in the 200-MeV proton beam produced at the National Accelerator Centre in Faure (South Africa)

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-309

  Gueulette, John ^a   Böhm, Lothar ^b   De Coster, Blanche Marie ^a   Vynckier, Stefaan ^a   Octave Prignot, Michelle ^a   Schreuder, A Nicolaas ^c   Symons, Julyan E ^c   Jones, Dan T L ^c   Wambersie, André ^a   Scalliet, Pierre ^a  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

proton beams; radiotherapy; RBE variation with depth; relative biological effectiveness (RBE)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST PROTON RADIATION; MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 0342941172     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01919-1     Document Type: Article

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