First experimental-based characterization of oxygen ion beam depth dose distributions at the Heidelberg Ion-Beam Therapy Center

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5017-5034

  Kurz, C ^a   Mairani, A ^a,b   Parodi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PLANNING; ANALYTICAL ALGORITHMS; BRAGG PEAK POSITIONS; CLINICAL DATABASE; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; CONVENTIONAL RADIATION THERAPY; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DELIVERY; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL SETUP; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; GEOMETRICAL MODELS; HEALTHY TISSUES; HEAVY-ION BEAMS; HEIDELBERG; INPUT PARAMETER; MONTE CARLO; OXYGEN ION BEAM; PENCIL BEAM; PRE-CLINICAL; SIDE EFFECT; SIMULATION APPROACH; STOPPING POWER; WATER COLUMNS; WATER EQUIVALENT;

OXYGEN; TISSUE; WATER TANKS;

ION BEAMS;

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY;

OXYGEN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84863905923     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/15/5017     Document Type: Article

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