Biological weighted effective dose in 205 MeV clinical proton beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 281-287

  Molokanov, A G ^a   Spurny F ^b  

^a JOINT INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^b NUCLEAR PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MICRODOSIMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS;

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MICRODOSIMETRY; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 13644266286     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/2/007     Document Type: Article

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