A novel high resolution micro-radiotherapy system for small animal irradiation for cancer research

BioFactors

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-270

  Wang, Sigen ^a,b   Liu, Zhijun ^b   Sultana, Shabana ^b   Schreiber, Eric ^a   Zhou, Otto ^b,c   Chang, Sha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer treatment; Carbon nanotubes; Field emission; Micro radiotherapy (micro RT) system; Small animal model

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE;

CANCER RESEARCH; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIELD EMISSION; INSTRUMENTATION; IRRADIATION; MICRORADIOTHERAPY SYSTEM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD;

ANIMALS; NANOTUBES, CARBON; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 47849125647     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.5520300408     Document Type: Conference Paper

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