Heavy ion radiography and tomography

Physica Medica

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 539-543

  Parodi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heavy ion therapy; Ion radiography; Ion tomography; Transmission imaging

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HEAVY ION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; HEAVY ION RADIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; ION THERAPY; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTON THERAPY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION SCATTERING; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC USE; PROCEDURES; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

HEAVY IONS; HUMANS; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84902277862     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2014.02.004     Document Type: Article

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