Fluence correction factors and stopping power ratios for clinical ion beams

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 797-805

  Lühr, Armin ^a,b   Hansen, David C ^b   Sobolevsky, Nikolai ^c   Palmans, Hugo ^d   Rossomme, Séverine ^e   Bassler, Niels ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHITE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; CALORIMETRY; DOSIMETRY; ION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

BONE AND BONES; CARBON; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; WATER;

EID: 79960495140     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.581691     Document Type: Article

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