The potential application of β-delayed particle decay beam 9C in cancer therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1817-1831

  Li, Qiang ^a   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^a   Kitagawa, Atsushi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TUMORS;

LOW-ENERGY PARTICLES; RADIOACTIVE ION BEAMS;

ION BEAMS;

CARBON; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE;

BETA RAYS; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WATER;

EID: 2542457643     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/9/016     Document Type: Article

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