Microdosimetry spectra of the Loma Linda proton beam and relative biological effectiveness comparisons

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1499-1506

  Coutrakon, G ^a   Cortese, J ^a   Ghebremedhin, A ^a   Hubbard, J ^a   Johanning, J ^a   Koss, P ^a   Maudsley, G ^a   Slater, C R ^a   Zuccarelli, C ^a   Robertson, J ^b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Microdosimetry; Proton therapy; Relative biological effectiveness

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; ENERGY TRANSFER; PROTON BEAMS; SPECTROSCOPY;

BIOLOGICAL WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS; DOSE PRESCRIPTION; INCIDENT BEAM ENERGY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; PROTON THERAPY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANIMALIA; LOMA;

EID: 9844230965     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598038     Document Type: Article

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