A 62 MeV proton beam for the treatment of ocular melanoma at laboratori nazionali del Sud-INFN (CATANIA)

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 3658-3662

  Cirrone, G A P ^b   Cuttone, G ^a   Lojacono, P A ^a   Nigro, S Lo ^b   Mongelli, V ^b   Patti, I V ^a   Privitera, G ^b   Raffaele, L ^b   Rifuggiato, D ^a   Sabini, M G ^a   Salamone, V ^b   Spatola, C ^b   Valastro, L M ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ocular melanoma; Proton beam; Protontherapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; DISEASES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; SCATTERING; TISSUE; TUMORS;

LESIONS; OCULAR MELANOMA; PROTONTHERAPHY; SILICON DIODE;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 19944429076     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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