Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 145-152 , Summer 2011

Prediction of Output Factor, Range, and Spread-Out Bragg Peak for Proton Therapy

  • Dong Wook Kim, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Young Kyung Lim, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyeongsang University Hospital, Kyeongsang, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung Hwan Ahn, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Jungwook Shin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Dongho Shin, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Myongguen Yoon, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Se Byeong Lee, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to: Se Byeong Lee, Ph.D., Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, 809 Madu-1-dong, Ilsan-gu, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, 410-769, Korea
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  • Dae Yong Kim

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
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  • Sung Yong Park, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Received 8 May 2009 ,Accepted 18 February 2010.

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PII: S0958-3947(10)00023-3

doi: 10.1016/j.meddos.2010.02.006

Medical Dosimetry
Volume 36, Issue 2 , Pages 145-152 , Summer 2011

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