A dosimetric system for quantitative cell irradiation experiments with laser-accelerated protons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1529-1543

  Richter, C ^a,b   Karsch, L ^a   Dammene, Y ^a   Kraft, S D ^b   Metzkes, J ^b   Schramm, U ^b   Schurer M ^a   Sobiella, M ^b   Weber, A ^c   Zeil, K ^b   Pawelke, J ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE RATE; DOSIMETRIC SYSTEMS; ENERGY SPECTRA; FARADAY CUPS; IN-VITRO; IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS; IRRADIATION SYSTEM; LASER-ACCELERATED PROTON BEAMS; LOW ENERGY LASER; LOW-ENERGY RANGE; RADIOBIOLOGICAL STUDY;

DOSIMETERS; IRRADIATION; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DOSIMETRY;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY;

CALIBRATION; CELLS; HUMANS; LASERS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 79952937485     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/6/002     Document Type: Article

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