A miniature ripple filter for filtering a ripple found in the distal part of a proton SOBP

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 524, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 366-373

  Takada, Yoshihisa ^a   Kobayashi, Yuhsuke ^a   Yasuoka, Kiyoshi ^b   Terunuma, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Double scattering system; Proton therapy; Ridge filter; Ripple filter; SOBP

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; CARBON; OPTIMIZATION; PROTONS; RESEARCH; SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRONS;

DOUBLE-SCATTERING SYSTEM; PROTON THERAPY; RIDGE FILTER; RIPPLE FILTER; SPREAD-OUT BRAGG PEAKS (SOBP);

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 2342606528     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2004.01.069     Document Type: Article

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