Biological modeling of gold nanoparticle enhanced radiotherapy for proton therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 4149-4168

  Lin, Yuting ^a   McMahon, Stephen J ^a,b   Paganetti, Harald ^a   Schuemann, Jan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological model; Gold nanoparticle; Local effect model; Proton therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CELLS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOBILE SECURITY; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BIOLOGICAL MODELING; ENHANCEMENT RATIOS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES (GNPS); LOCAL EFFECTS; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; PROTON THERAPY; SPREAD OUT BRAGG PEAKS;

CYTOLOGY;

GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; PHOTON; PROCEDURES; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CELL SURVIVAL; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 84929121363     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/10/4149     Document Type: Article

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