Stochastics of Energy Loss and Biological Effects of Heavy Ions in Radiation Therapy

Advances in Quantum Chemistry

Volumn 65, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-38

  Bichsel, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bethe Fano theory; Convolutions; Delta ray dose; Poisson distribution; Range straggling spectra; Range end in cells; Stochastics of bio effects; Variance of cell dose; Variance of particle fluence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871908284     PISSN: 00653276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-396455-7.00001-7     Document Type: Chapter

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