Physics Controversies in Proton Therapy

Seminars in Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 88-96

  Engelsman, Martijn ^a   Schwarz, Marco ^b   Dong, Lei ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ATreP Agenzia Provinciale Per la Protonterapia   (Italy)

^c Scripps Proton Therapy Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; IMAGING SYSTEM; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOTION; PASSIVELY SCATTERED PROTON THERAPY; PATIENT MONITORING; PENCIL BEAM SCANNING; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNIFORM SCANNING;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; PEDIATRICS; PHOTONS; PROTON THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 84875276513     PISSN: 10534296     EISSN: 15329461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2012.11.003     Document Type: Article

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