Practicability of protontherapy using compact laser systems

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1587-1592

  Malka, Victor ^a   Fritzler, Sven ^a   Lefebvre, Erik ^b   D'Humières, Emmanuel ^b   Ferrand, Régis ^c   Grillon, Georges ^a   Albaret, Claude ^c   Meyroneinc, Samuel ^c   Chambaret, Jean Paul ^a   Antonetti, Andre ^a   Hulin, Danièle ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE D OPTIQUE APPLIQUÉE   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c Ctr de Protontherapie d'Orsay   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LASER BEAMS; PROTON BEAMS;

ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; BALLISTIC PROPERTIES; COMPACT LASERS; HIGH INTENSITY; NEW APPROACHES; PROTON ACCELERATION; PROTON ENERGY; PROTON THERAPY;

HOSPITALS;

PROTON;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; ENERGY; LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 3042550178     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1747751     Document Type: Article

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