Isoeffective dose: A concept for biological weighting of absorbed dose in proton and heavier-ion therapies

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 481-486

  Wambersie, A ^a,b   Menzel, H G ^b,c   Andreo, P ^d,e   DeLuca, Jr ^b,f   Gahbauer, R ^b   Hendry, J H ^e,g   Jones, D T L ^b,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b ICRU   (United States)

^c CERN   (Switzerland)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY ION; PROTON;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS;

BODY BURDEN; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HEAVY IONS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 79952333474     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq410     Document Type: Article

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