Experimental study of the water-to-air stopping power ratio of monoenergetic carbon ion beams for particle therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3629-3641

  Sanchez Parcerisa D ^a,b   Gemmel, A ^a   Jakel O ^c,d   Parodi, K ^b,c   Rietzel, E ^a  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; AIR-GAPS; APPROPRIATE MODELS; AVERAGE VALUES; BEAM ENERGIES; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CARBON ION BEAMS; CLINICAL USE; DEPTH DOSE; ENERGY RANGES; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; MEASURED DATA; MONOENERGETIC; MONTE CARLO; PARTICLE THERAPY; REFERENCE DOSIMETRY; STANDARD UNCERTAINTY; STOPPING POWER; THEORETICAL EXPRESSION; WATER DETERMINATION;

CARBON; IONIZATION POTENTIAL; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ION BEAMS;

CARBON; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

AIR; CARBON; RADIOMETRY; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 84861387372     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/11/3629     Document Type: Article

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