The FLUKA Monte Carlo code coupled with the local effect model for biological calculations in carbon ion therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 4273-4289

  Mairani, A ^a,b,f   Brons, S ^b   Cerutti, F ^c   Fasso A ^d   Ferrari, A ^c   Kramer M ^e   Parodi, K ^b   Scholz, M ^e   Sommerer, F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^e GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^f INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CRICETULUS; HAMSTER; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

ANIMALS; CARBON; CELL SURVIVAL; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 78049438323     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/15/006     Document Type: Article

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