Measurements of deposited dose with induced β+ activity in proton and heavy-ion therapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 580, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1140-1143

  Inaniwa, T ^a   Kohno, T ^a   Tomitani, T ^b   Urakabe, E ^c   Sato, S ^b   Kanazawa, M ^b   Kanai, T ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c SHIZUOKA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fragmentation reaction; MLE method; Positron emitter

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; HEAVY IONS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

FRAGMENTATION REACTION; POSITRON EMITTER; THERAPEUTIC IRRADIATION;

ONCOLOGY;

EID: 34548502504     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.06.072     Document Type: Article

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