Microdosimetric evaluation of secondary particles in a phantom produced by carbon 290 MeV/nucleon ions at HIMAC

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 397-406

  Endo, Satoru ^a   Takada, Masashi ^b   Onizuka, Yoshihiko ^c   Tanaka, Kenichi ^a   Maeda, Naoko ^d   Ishikawa, Masayori ^e   Miyahara, Nobuyuki ^b   Hayabuchi, Naofumi ^f   Shizuma, Kiyoshi ^a   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Izumisano Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^e HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon beam; Fragment; HIMAC; Microdosimetry; Particle therapy

Indexed keywords

BORON; GEOMETRY; PHANTOMS; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TISSUE;

BRAGG PEAKS; CARBON BEAMS; FRAGMENT; HIMAC; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; PARTICLE THERAPY; PHANTOMS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPECTRA'S; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT PROPORTIONAL COUNTER;

CARBON;

EID: 34548838831     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.07016     Document Type: Article

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