Spectral features of laser-accelerated protons for radiotherapy applications

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 4383-4397

  Weichsel, J ^a,b   Fuchs, T ^b   Lefebvre, E ^c   D'Humieres E ^d   Oelfke, U ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c CEA DIF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CANNING; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; ESTIMATION; LASERS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROTONS; STANDARDS; TARGETS;

CENTER-OF-MASS; DOSE DELIVERY; DOSE DEPOSITION; DOUBLE LAYERS; FAST PROTONS; HIGH-QUALITY; LASER-INDUCED; LAYERED TARGETS; MONOENERGETIC; ONE-DIMENSIONAL EXPANSION; OPTICAL-; POSITIVE CHARGES; PROTON DENSITIES; PROTON SOURCES; PROTON SPECTRUM; RADIOTHERAPY APPLICATIONS; SPECTRAL FEATURES; SPECTRAL QUALITY;

ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY; LASER; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PHYSICS; SIMULATION; STANDARD;

BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 51849163739     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/16/011     Document Type: Article

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