Contemporary proton therapy systems adequately protect patients from exposure to stray radiation

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1099, Issue , 2009, Pages 450-455

  Newhauser, Wayne D ^a   Fontenot, Jonas D ^a   Taddei, Phillip J ^a   Mirkovic, Dragan ^a   Giebeler, Annelise ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Mahajan, Anita ^a   Kornguth, David ^a   Stovall, Marilyn ^a   Yepes, Pablo ^b   Woo, Shiao ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiation therapy; Proton therapy; Radiogenic second cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 65149102327     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3120071     Document Type: Conference Paper

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