Development of light ion therapy at the Karolinska Hospital and Institute

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Svensson, Hans ^a   Ringborg, Ulrik ^b   Näslund, Ingemar ^b   Brahme, Anders ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Excentric ion gantry; Light ion therapy; PET CT imaging; Radiation quality modulation

Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM; BORON; CARBON; HELIUM; NEON; PROTON; ION;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL KILLING; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRON; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METASTASIS; NEUTRON; PHOTON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVITY; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR CELL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; RADIOTHERAPY;

HUMANS; IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 21444450233     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(04)80049-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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