Investigations of dose response of BANG® polymer-gels to carbon ion irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 73, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2004, Pages

  Ramm, Ulla ^a   Moog, Jussi ^a   Spielberger, Belinda ^b   Bankamp, Achim ^c   Böttcher, Heinz Dietrich ^a   Kraft, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^b GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose verification; Dosimetry; Heavy ion; Polymer gels

Indexed keywords

CARBON; POLYMER; BANG POLYMER GEL; HEAVY ION;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GERMANY; IONIZING RADIATION; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; ARTICLE; GEL; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CARBON; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; GELS; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMERS;

EID: 21444459275     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(04)80025-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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