3D measurement of the radiation distribution in a water phantom in a hadron therapy beam

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Opalka, L ^a,b   Granja, C ^a   Hartmann, B ^c,d   Jakubek, J ^a   Jaekel, O ^c,d   Martisikova, M ^c   Pospisil, S ^a   Solc, J ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Instrumentation for hadron therapy; Instrumentation for heavy ion therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856822984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/7/01/C01085     Document Type: Article

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