Quantification of the relative biological effectiveness for ion beam radiotherapy: Direct experimental comparison of proton and carbon ion beams and a novel approach for treatment planning

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1177-1183

  Elsässer, Thilo ^a   Weyrather, Wilma K ^a   Friedrich, Thomas ^a   Durante, Marco ^a   Iancu, Gheorghe ^a   Krämer, Michael ^a   Kragl, Gabriele ^a,b   Brons, Stephan ^c   Winter, Marcus ^c   Weber, Klaus Josef ^d   Scholz, Michael ^a  

^a GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biophysical model; Ion beam therapy; Relative biological effectiveness (RBE); Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; BIOPHYSICAL MODEL; CARBON ION BEAMS; CARBON ION THERAPY; CARBON IONS; CELL KILLING; CELL LINES; CELL SURVIVAL; CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELLS; EXPERIMENTAL COMPARISON; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HELIUM ION; IN-VITRO; ION BEAM THERAPY; ION IRRADIATION; ION SPECIES; ION-BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; KEY FEATURE; LOCAL EFFECTS; MODEL PREDICTION; MODELING APPROACH; MONOENERGETIC PROTONS; NEW APPROACHES; PENCIL BEAM; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TARGET REGIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR THERAPY;

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; BIOPHYSICS; CELL CULTURE; HELIUM; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

IONS;

CARBON; HELIUM; PROTON; ION;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL; HELIUM ION RADIATION; ION THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALIVARY GLAND; TREATMENT PLANNING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHO CELL LINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRICETULUS; HAMSTER; IMAGE QUALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALS; BENCHMARKING; CARBON; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; HELIUM; IONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 77958486203     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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