European developments in radiotherapy with beams of large radiobiological effectiveness

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL. A, 2007, Pages

  Amaldi, Ugo ^a,b   Kraft, Gerhard ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b TERA Foundation   (Italy)

^c GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon ion centres; European hadrontherapy projects; Hadrontherapy; Large RBE radiations; Particle therapy

Indexed keywords

IONS; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CARBON ION CENTER; CARBON IONS; EUROPEAN HADRONTHERAPY PROJECT; HADRON THERAPY; LARGE RADIO BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS RADIATION; PARTICLE THERAPY; RADIOBIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TUMOR THERAPY;

CARBON;

ION; PROTON;

HUMAN; NEUTRON; PHOTON; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

HUMANS; IONS; NEUTRONS; PHOTONS; PROTONS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 34249053229     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.48.A27     Document Type: Review

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