Proton therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Smith, Alfred R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PROTONS; TEST FACILITIES;

PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION ONCOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

HEAVY ION;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYCLOTRON; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON THERAPY; PION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH PHYSICS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33745498454     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/13/R26     Document Type: Review

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