Current status of the HIBMC, providing particle beam radiation therapy for more than 2,600 patients, and the prospects of laser-driven proton radiotherapy

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 878-882

  Murakami, M ^a   Demizu, Y ^a   Niwa, Y ^a   Nagayama, S ^a,b   Maeda, T ^a,c   Baba, M ^a,b   Miyawaki, D ^a   Terashima, K ^a   Arimura, T ^a   Mima, M ^a   Akagi, T ^a   Daido, H ^c   Hishikawa, Y ^a   Abe, M ^a  

^a HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b SHIN NIPPON BIOMEDICAL LABORATORIES LTD   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; Laser driven proton radiotherapy; Proton radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARBON; DISEASES; ION BEAMS; IONS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY; BEAM RADIATION THERAPY; CARBON ION RADIATION THERAPIES; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; HEAD-AND-NECK TUMOR; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

EID: 77950411901     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9_247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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