Relative biologic effectiveness determination in mouse intestine for scanning proton beam at Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. Influence of motion

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 838-845

  Gueulette, John ^a,c   Blattmann, Hans ^b   Pedroni, Eros ^b   Coray, A ^b   De Coster, Blanche M ^a   Mahy, Pierre ^a   Wambersie, André ^a   Goitein, Gudrun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Organ motion; Proton beam; Radiotherapy; Relative biologic effectiveness; Spot scanning

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRAGG PEAK; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE (PSI); RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS (RBE);

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

COBALT 60; COPPER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; FEMALE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; INTESTINE WALL; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; REGENERATION; SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALS; CALIBRATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; GAMMA RAYS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; JEJUNUM; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOVEMENT; PROTONS; REGENERATION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 20344405687     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.03.048     Document Type: Article

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