Influence of different dose rates on cell recovery and RBE at different spatial positions during protracted conformal radiotherapy

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 498-505

  Herskind, Carsten ^a   Schalla, S ^b,c   Hahn, E W ^b   Hover K H ^b   Wenz, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL STRAIN V 79; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; GAMMA RADIATION; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHANTOM; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; VALIDATION STUDY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETULUS; FIBROBLAST; HAMSTER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FIBROBLASTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 34347371284     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl480     Document Type: Article

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