Heavy Ion Radiotherapy at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Heavy Ion Radiotherapy at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

Heavy ion radiotherapy potentially offers both dose localization and biologic advantages over conventional radiations in the treatment of cancer. Approximately 400 patients have been treated with either helium , carbon, neon, argon or silicon beams. Aspects of particle therapy are reviewed. Experien...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci.; (United States) 1983-01, Vol.30 (2), p.1813-1815
Hauptverfasser: Chen, G. T. Y., Castro, J. R., Collier, J. M., Saunders, W. M.
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Sprache:eng
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550603 - Medicine- External Radiation in Therapy- (1980-)
ARGON
Cancer
CARBON
CHARGED PARTICLES
DISEASES
ELEMENTS
FLUIDS
GASES
HEAVY IONS
HELIUM
Ion accelerators
Ion beams
IONS
Laboratories
LAWRENCE BERKELEY LABORATORY
MACHINERY
Medical diagnostic imaging
Medical treatment
MEDICINE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NEON
NEOPLASMS
NONMETALS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
Particle beams
RADIOLOGY
RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
RADIOTHERAPY
RARE GASES
SEMIMETALS
SILICON
THERAPY
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
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Zusammenfassung:Heavy ion radiotherapy potentially offers both dose localization and biologic advantages over conventional radiations in the treatment of cancer. Approximately 400 patients have been treated with either helium , carbon, neon, argon or silicon beams. Aspects of particle therapy are reviewed. Experience with these beams have defined parameters required of a hospital based heavy ion machine. A design study of such a machine is now underway at LBL.
ISSN:0018-9499
1558-1578
DOI:10.1109/TNS.1983.4332649