Light flashes in cancer patients treated with heavy ions

Brain Stimulation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 416-417

  Schardt, Dieter ^a   Kavatsyuk, Oksana ^a   Krämer, Michael ^a,c   Durante, Marco ^a,b  

^a GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Light flashes; Phosphenes; Radiation stimulation; Radiotherapy; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; CANCER PATIENT; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; HUMAN; ION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION;

EID: 84877736853     PISSN: 1935861X     EISSN: 18764754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brs.2012.08.003     Document Type: Article

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