RBE estimation of proton radiation fields using a Δe-E telescope

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4486-4494

  Wroe, Andrew ^a,b   Schulte, Reinhard ^a   Fazzi, Alberto ^c,d   Pola, Andrea ^c,d   Agosteo, Stefano ^c,d   Rosenfeld, Anatoly ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Microdosimetry; Proton therapy; RBE

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; HADRONS; PHANTOMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON BEAMS; TELESCOPES;

ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 70349678713     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3215927     Document Type: Article

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