Carbon beam dosimetry intercomparison at HIMAC

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3459-3463

  Fukumura, A ^a   Hiraoka, T ^a   Omata, K ^a   Takeshita, M ^a   Kawachi, K ^a   Kanai, T ^a   Matsufuji, N ^a   Tomura, H ^a   Futami, Y ^a   Kaizuka, Y ^a   Hartmann, G H ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

CARBON; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 18844463609     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/12/005     Document Type: Article

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