ENLIGHT and LEIR biomedical facility

Physica Medica

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 544-550

  Dosanjh, M ^a   Cirilli, M ^a   Navin, S ^a  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

EC projects; ENLIGHT; LEIR; Particle therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EUROPE; EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR LIGHT ION HADRON THERAPY; EUROPEAN NOVEL IMAGING SYSTEMS FOR ION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; ION THERAPY; LOW ENERGY ION RING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARTICLE TRAINING NETWORK FOR EUROPEAN RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIOGRAPHY; RESEARCH TRAINING IN 3D IMAGING FOR CANCER RADIATION THERAPY; UNION OF LIGHT ION CENTRES IN EUROPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; THERAPEUTIC USE;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EUROPE; FEEDBACK; MOVEMENT; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84902249182     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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