Ion Stopping Powers and CT Numbers

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 179-194

  Moyers, Michael F ^a   Sardesai, Milind ^b   Sun, Sean ^c   Miller, Daniel W ^d  

^a Department of Proton Therapy Inc ^*  (United States)

^b LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; Ions; Protons; Stopping power

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IRON; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IMMOBILIZATION; ION THERAPY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 77955246260     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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