Biological dose optimization with multiple ion fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 6991-7012

  Gemmel, A ^a   Hasch, B ^b   Ellerbrock, M ^c   Weyrather, W K ^a   Kramer M ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CONJUGATE GRADIENT METHOD; IONS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC ACIDS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

BIOLOGICAL DOSES; BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRIES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CARBON IONS; CELL SURVIVALS; CHINESE HAMSTERS; CONJUGATE GRADIENTS; DNA DAMAGES; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATIONS; GRADIENT SEARCHES; LOCAL EFFECTS; MINIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; ORGANS AT RISKS; PILOT PROJECTS; RASTER SCANNERS; ROOT FINDINGS; TARGET VOLUMES; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

CALCIUM ION; CARBON; DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CARBON; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 58149231281     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/23/022     Document Type: Article

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