Biological intercomparison using gut crypt survivals for proton and carbon-ion beams

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. A, 2007, Pages

  Uzawa, Akiko ^a   Ando, Koichi ^a   Furusawa, Yoshiya ^a   Kagiya, Go ^b   Fuji, Hiroshi ^c   Hata, Masaharu ^d   Sakae, Takeji ^d   Terunuma, Toshiyuki ^d   Scholz, Michael ^e   Ritter, Sylvia ^e   Peschke, Peter ^f  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Wakasawan Energy Research Center   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charged particle therapy; RBE; Spread out bragg peak

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BIOLOGICAL INFORMATION; CARBON ION BEAMS; CARBON IONS; CHARGED PARTICLE THERAPY; COEFFICIENT OF VARIANCE; INTERCOMPARISONS; PARTICLE THERAPY; RBE; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

ION BEAMS;

CARBON; PROTON;

ANIMAL; CELL SURVIVAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; X RAY;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CELL SURVIVAL; PROTONS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 34248997909     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.48.A75     Document Type: Article

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