Studies on advantages of heavy ions in radiotherapy compared with γ-rays

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

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 997-1003

  Guo, Chuanling ^a,b   Wang, Jufang ^a   Jin, Xiaodong ^a   Jing, Xigang ^a,b   Li, Renmin ^a,b   Wei, Wei ^a,b   Li, Wenjian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MODERN PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy ions; Radiotherapy; RBE; Survival fraction

Indexed keywords

CELLS; GAMMA RAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

COLONY ASSAYS; RADIORESISTANCE; SURVIVAL CURVES; SURVIVAL FRACTION;

HEAVY IONS;

EID: 34248656753     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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