Antiproton radiotherapy: Peripheral dose from secondary neutrons

Hyperfine Interactions

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 313-318

  Fahimian, Benjamin P ^a   DeMarco, John J ^a   Keyes, Roy ^b   Bassler, Niels ^c   Iwamoto, Keisuke S ^a   Zankl, Maria ^d   Holzscheiter, Michael H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiprotons; Neutrons; Particle therapy; Peripheral dose

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950341511     PISSN: 03043843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10751-009-0086-6     Document Type: Article

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