Simulation of secondary particle production and absorbed dose to tissue in light ion beams

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 301-306

  Gudowska, Irena ^a   Sobolevsky, Nikolai ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HELIUM; LITHIUM ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HELIUM ION RADIATION; ION THERAPY; ION TRANSPORT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARTICLE RADIATION; PHANTOM; PROCESS MODEL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; SOFT TISSUE;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMANS; IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 31544476560     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci023     Document Type: Article

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