Intrafractional motion during proton beam scanning

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 4853-4862

  Lambert, J ^a,b   Suchowerska, N ^a,b   McKenzie, D R ^a   Jackson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; PROTON BEAMS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; DYNAMIC BEAM SCANNING; INTRAFRACTIONAL MOTION; PROTON BEAM SCANNING;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PROTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 26244434532     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/20/008     Document Type: Article

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