Mapping of RBE-weighted doses between HIMAC- and LEM-based treatment planning systems for carbon ion therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 854-860

  Steinsträter, Olaf ^a   Grün, Rebecca ^a,b,c   Scholz, Uwe ^a,d   Friedrich, Thomas ^a   Durante, Marco ^a,d   Scholz, Michael ^a  

^a Abteilung Biophysik   (Germany)

^b Institut für Medizinische Physik und Strahlenschutz IMPS   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^d DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon ion radiotherapy; HIMAC; LEM; RBE; Treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; HIMAC; LEM; RBE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

IONS; RADIOLOGY;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CARBON ION RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GERMANY; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; JAPAN; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REFERENCE VALUES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 84866735056     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.038     Document Type: Article

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