Spread-out antiproton beams deliver poor physical dose distributions for radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-86

  Paganetti, Harald ^a,b   Goitein, Michael ^b   Parodi, Katia ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Heidelberg Ion Beam Therapy Center HIT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antiprotons; Monte Carlo; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIPROTON; CATION; PROTON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; DESTRUCTION; ENERGY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 77950337153     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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