The ratio of stopping powers of water and air for dosimetry applications in tumor therapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 561-564

  Paul, Helmut ^a   Geithner, Oksana ^b   Jäkel, Oliver ^b  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy loss of heavy ions; Radiotherapy dosimetry; Stopping power

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON IONS; ENERGY LOSS OF HEAVY IONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSIMETRY; STOPPING POWER;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 33947106380     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.12.072     Document Type: Article

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