Beam delivery systems for particle radiation therapy: Current status and recent developments

Reviews of Accelerator Science and Technology: Volume 2: Medical Applications of Accelerators

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 179-200

  Schippers, J M ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accelerator; Cyclotron; Degrader; Gantry; Nozzle; Particle therapy; Scanning; Scattering; Synchrotron

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTRONS; NOZZLES; SCANNING; SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRONS;

ACCELERATOR SYSTEM; BEAM DELIVERY SYSTEMS; CURRENT STATUS; DEGRADER; DOSE DELIVERY; GANTRY; PARTICLE RADIATION THERAPIES; PARTICLE THERAPY;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

EID: 84973120236     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814299350_0009     Document Type: Chapter

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