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Proton and Carbon Linacs for Hadron Therapy

Beams of 200 MeV protons and 400 MeV/u fully stripped carbon ions are used for the treatment of solid tumours seated at a maximum depth of 27 cm. More than 100’000 patients have been treated with proton beams and more than 10’000 with carbon ions. Very low proton currents - of the order of 1 nA - ar...

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Autores principales: Degiovanni, Alberto, Amaldi, Ugo
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/2062622