Charged particle therapy for cancer: The inheritance of the Cavendish scientists?

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-377

  Jones, Bleddyn ^a   Dale, Roger G ^b   Cárabe Fernández, Alejandro ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CHARGED PARTICLES; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; PROGRAMMING THEORY; PROTONS; TUMORS;

BEAM THERAPY; CANCER THERAPIES; CAVENDISH (CO); DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GERMANY; MAXWELL (CO); NEUTRON THERAPY; OPTIMISATION; PARTICLE PHYSICS; PILOT STUDIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; TUMOURS;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

CARBON; HELIUM; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; COBALT THERAPY; CYCLOTRON; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ION THERAPY; MENINGIOMA; NEUTRON; NEUTRON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; UNITED KINGDOM; X RAY; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; IONS; NEOPLASMS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE;

EID: 58549088479     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.027     Document Type: Article

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