Patient handling system for carbon ion beam scanning therapy

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 226-240

  Mori, Shinichiro ^a   Shirai, Toshiyuki ^a   Takei, Yuka ^a   Furukawa, Takuji ^a   Inaniwa, Taku ^a   Matsuzaki, Yuka ^a   Kumagai, Motoki ^a   Murakami, Takeshi ^a   Noda, Koji ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon ion beam scanning; Imaging; Particle therapy; Patient handling; Treatment workflow

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873538056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15269914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i6.3926     Document Type: Article

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