Interpretation of proton relative biological effectiveness using lesion induction, lesion repair, and cellular dose distribution

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2548-2556

  Paganetti, H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lesion repair; Lethal lesion; Proton therapy; Relative biological effectiveness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PARAMETER; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS; LETHAL LESION; MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATIONS; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

ION; PROTON;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; X IRRADIATION;

EID: 23944524788     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1949807     Document Type: Article

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