Characterization of a tungsten/gas multislit collimator for microbeam radiation therapy at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Brauer Krisch E ^a   Bravin, A ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Siegbahn, E ^a   Stepanek, J ^b   Blattmann, H ^c   Slatkin, D N ^d   Gebbers, J O ^e   Jasmin, M ^f   Laissue, J A ^g  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b Kantonsspital Luzern ^*  (Switzerland)

^c Viasys Healthcare Inc ^*  (Switzerland)

^d University of Bern ^*  (United States)

^e LUZERNER KANTONSSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f Viasys Healthcare Inc   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HEAT LOSSES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUROLOGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE; TUNGSTEN;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS (CNS); MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY (MRT); MICROBEAMS; MULTISLIT COLLIMATORS;

OPTICAL COLLIMATORS;

EID: 20644446264     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1915270     Document Type: Article

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