Dosimetry for ion beam radiotherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Karger, Christian P ^a   Jäkel, Oliver ^a,b   Palmans, Hugo ^c   Kanai, Tatsuaki ^d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 78149324206     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/21/R01     Document Type: Review

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