Dosimetric characteristics of the irradiation system at HIMAC

Physica Medica

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 63-69

  Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Tomura, Hiromi ^a   Matsufuji, Naruhiro ^a   Futami, Yasuuki ^a   Higashi, Akio ^c   Miyahara, Nobuyuki ^b   Minohara, Shinichi ^a   Akagi, Suguru ^c   Yamashita, Haruo ^a   Itoh Koyama, Hiroko ^b   Endo, Masahiro ^b   Kawachi, Kiyonitsu ^a  

^a Res Ctr of Charged Particle Ther   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Hyogo Prefectural Government   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Heavy ions; Ionization chambers; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIOBIOLOGY; SYNCHROTRON;

EID: 13144255751     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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