Calculated LET spectrum from antiproton beams stopping in water

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Bassler, Niels ^a,b   Holzscheiter, Michael ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DESTRUCTION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; SPECTRUM;

LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 60549099602     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860802266730     Document Type: Article

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