Rapid calculation of biological effects in ion radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1959-1970

  Kramer M ^a   Scholz, M ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; IRRADIATION; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ION IRRADIATION; ION RADIOTHERAPY; LOCAL EFFECT MODEL (LEM); THERAPEUTICAL DOSES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ION THERAPY; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VELOCITY;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 33645544810     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/8/001     Document Type: Article

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