Dose response of alanine detectors irradiated with carbon ion beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1859-1866

  Herrmann, Rochus ^a,b,c   Jäkel, Oliver ^b,d   Palmans, Hugo ^e   Sharpe, Peter ^e   Bassler, Niels ^a,b,c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

alanine; carbon ions; dosimetry; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DOSIMETRY; ION BEAMS; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ALANINE; ALANINE DOSIMETERS; CARBON IONS; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; DETECTOR GEOMETRY; QUASI-MONOENERGETIC; RESPONSE BEHAVIOR; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

AMINO ACIDS;

EID: 79953672926     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3560459     Document Type: Article

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