Recent advances in light ion radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 603-616

  Brahme, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Electron beams; Light ion therapy; Photon beams; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CAMERAS; CELLS; OPTIMIZATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHOTONS; TUMORS;

LIGHT ION RADIATION THERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BERYLLIUM; BORON; CARBON; CARBON 11; DEUTERIUM; LITHIUM ION; PROTON; TRITIUM;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ALGORITHM; APOPTOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT ION RADIATION THERAPY; METASTASIS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0742289163     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.09.034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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