Range accuracy in carbon ion treatment planning based on CT-calibration with real tissue samples

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Rietzel, Eike ^a   Schardt, Dieter ^a   Haberer, Thomas ^a  

^a Abteilung Biophysik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SWINE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALIBRATION; CARBON; IONS; KIDNEY; LIVER; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34248344975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717X-2-14     Document Type: Article

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