A 62-MeV proton beam for the treatment of ocular melanoma at laboratori nazionali del sud-INFN

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 III, 2004, Pages 860-865

  Cirrone, G A P ^a   Cuttone, G ^a   Lojacono, P A ^a   Lo Nigro, S ^b   Mongelli, V ^b   Patti, I V ^a   Privitera, G ^b   Raffaele, L ^b   Rifuggiato, D ^a   Sabini, M G ^a   Salamone, V ^b   Spatola, C ^b   Valastro, L M ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ocular melanoma; Proton beam; Protontherapy

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; INSTALLATION; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTION; HADRONTHERAPY; OCULAR MELANOMA; PROTONTHERAPY;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 3342882008     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829535     Document Type: Conference Paper

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