Development of a facility for high-precision irradiation of cells with carbon ions

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 256-263

  Van Goethem, Marc Jan ^a   Niemantsverdriet, Maarten ^a   Brandenburg, Sytze ^b   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Coppes, Robert P ^a   Van Luijk, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carbon ions; particle radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CARBON; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ION BOMBARDMENT; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CARBON IONS; CELL SURVIVAL CURVES; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; PARTICLE RADIATION; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SCINTILLATING SCREENS; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

IONS;

EID: 78650905970     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3528164     Document Type: Article

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