Particle selection and beam collimation system for laser-accelerated proton beam therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 794-806

  Luo, Wei ^a   Fourkal, Eugene ^a   Li, Jinsheng ^a   Ma, Chang Ming ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose distribution; Energy spectrum; Laser accelerated proton therapy; Magnetic field; Proton trajectory; Rectangular loop; Superconducting magnet

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; MAGNETIC BUBBLES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON BEAMS; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY SPECTRA; LASER-ACCELERATED PROTON BEAMS; LASER-ACCELERATED PROTONS; MAGNETIC FIELD CONFIGURATIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHS; RECTANGULAR LOOPS; THERAPEUTIC APPLICATION;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

NIOBIUM; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; ENERGY; LASER; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 15744402949     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1861772     Document Type: Article

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