Microdosimetry measurements characterizing the radiation fields of 300 MeV/u 12C and 185 MeV/u 7Li pencil beams stopping in water

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3441-3449

  Martino, G ^a   Durante, M ^a   Schardt, D ^a  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; BEAM AXIS; BRAGG PEAKS; CONSTANT LEVEL; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE PROFILE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HEAVY-ION BEAMS; HEAVY-ION SYNCHROTRON; HYDROGEN FRAGMENTS; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; OFF-AXIS MEASUREMENT; PENCIL BEAM; PENETRATION DEPTH; PHANTOM MEASUREMENTS; PRIMARY BEAMS; RADIAL DISTANCE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION QUALITY; RELATIVE VALUE; WATER PHANTOM;

HEAVY IONS; ION BEAMS;

HEAVY WATER;

HEAVY ION; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIOMETRY; RISK;

BENCHMARKING; HEAVY IONS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK; WATER;

EID: 77954172112     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/12/011     Document Type: Article

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