Combined X-Y scanning magnet for conformal proton radiation therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 815-818

  Anferov, Vladimir ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam scanning; Ionizing radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; IONIZING RADIATION; IONS; MAGNETS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING;

BEAM SCANNING; FINITE PENETRATION; LIGHT-ION BEAMS; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING MAGNET; SCANNING METHODS; VERTICAL DIRECTION;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ARTICLE; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOBIOLOGY;

EID: 15744377856     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1862801     Document Type: Article

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