Imaging particle beams for cancer treatment
Abstract
Proton and carbon-ion radiotherapy are powerful tools for killing tumor cells, but only if the particles deposit their energy where they’re supposed to.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22482506
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Physics Today
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 68; Journal Issue: 10; Other Information: (c) 2015 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9228
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGANISMS AND BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL RADIOGRAPHY; CARBON IONS; NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMOR CELLS
Citation Formats
Polf, Jerimy C., and Parodi, Katia. Imaging particle beams for cancer treatment. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1063/PT.3.2945.
Polf, Jerimy C., & Parodi, Katia. Imaging particle beams for cancer treatment. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2945
Polf, Jerimy C., and Parodi, Katia. 2015.
"Imaging particle beams for cancer treatment". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.2945.
@article{osti_22482506,
title = {Imaging particle beams for cancer treatment},
author = {Polf, Jerimy C. and Parodi, Katia},
abstractNote = {Proton and carbon-ion radiotherapy are powerful tools for killing tumor cells, but only if the particles deposit their energy where they’re supposed to.},
doi = {10.1063/PT.3.2945},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482506},
journal = {Physics Today},
issn = {0031-9228},
number = 10,
volume = 68,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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