Calculation of stopping power ratios for carbon ion dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2279-2292

  Geithner, Oksana ^a   Andreo, P ^b,c   Sobolevsky, N ^d   Hartmann, G ^a   Jakel O ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IONIZATION; IONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CARBON BEAMS; CODE VERSION; CONSTANT VALUE; STOPPING POWER RATIOS;

DOSIMETRY;

WATER;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; ION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 33645960383     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/9/012     Document Type: Article

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