Emerging technologies in proton therapy

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 838-850

  Schippers, Jacobus M ^a,b   Lomax, Antony J ^a,c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ACCURACY; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYCLOTRON; DIELECTRIC WALL ACCELERATOR; FIXED FIELD ALTERNATING GRADIENT ACCELERATOR; HUMAN; LASER DRIVEN ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAGNET; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE; SYNCHROTRON; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PROTONS;

EID: 79960539223     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.582513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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