A calibration procedure for beam monitors in a scanned beam of heavy charged particles

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1009-1013

  Jakel O ^a   Hartmann, G H ^a   Karger, C P ^a   Heeg, P ^a   Vatnitsky, S ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Beam monitor; Dosimetry; Heavy charged particles

Indexed keywords

COEFFICIENT OF PERFORMANCE; DOSIMETRY; HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; BEAM MONITOR; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CALIBRATION PROCEDURE; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; INTERNATIONAL CODES; REFERENCE CONDITION;

CALIBRATION;

CARBON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM;

EID: 2442656580     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1689011     Document Type: Article

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