Biological effectiveness of antiproton annihilation

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 221, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 210-214

  Holzscheiter, Michael H ^a   Agazaryan, Nzhde ^b   Bassler, Niels ^c   Beyer, Gerd ^d   DeMarco, John J ^b   Doser, Michael ^e   Ichioka, Toshiyasu ^c   Iwamoto, Keisuke S ^b   Knudsen, Helge V ^c   Landua, Rolf ^e   Maggiore, Carl ^a   McBride, William H ^b   Møller, Søren Pape ^c   Petersen, Jorgen ^f   Smathers, James B ^b   Skarsgard, Lloyd D ^g   Solberg, Timothy D ^b   Uggerhøj, Ulrik I ^c   Withers, H Rodney ^b   Vranjes, Sanja ^h   Wong, Michelle ^g   Wouters, Bradly G ⁱ   more..

^a PBar Labs   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d Centre Medicale Universitaire   (Serbia)

^e CERN   (Switzerland)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g British Columbia Cancer Research Centre   (Serbia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

ⁱ MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antiproton annihilation; Biological response; Bragg peak

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTIPROTON ANNIHILATION; ANTIPROTON BEAMS; BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; BRAGG PEAK;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 17544391779     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.03.057     Document Type: Conference Paper

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