CANCER RADIOTHERAPY USING NEGATIVE PI-MESONS

被引:3
作者
LAM, GKY
GOODMAN, GB
HARRISON, RW
SKARSGARD, LD
KORNELSEN, RO
机构
[1] CANC CONTROL AGCY BRITISH COLUMBIA,VANCOUVER V5Z 4E6,BC,CANADA
[2] BRITISH COLUMBIA CANC RES CTR,MED BIOPHYS UNIT,VANCOUVER V5Z 1L3,BC,CANADA
关键词
BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING - Patient Treatment;
D O I
10.1016/0168-583X(85)90179-X
中图分类号
TH7 [仪器、仪表];
学科分类号
0804 ; 080401 ; 081102 ;
摘要
The energy released by the annihilation of negative pions on capture at the end of their range makes a beam of pions particularly promising for treating deep-seated malignancies by reducing unnecesssary damage done to surrounding normal tissues. Biomedical pion channels were constructed in all meson facilities and routine clinical trials are now being conducted. This paper briefly reviews the development of the pion radiotherapy program at TRIUMF over the past decade.
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页码:1096 / 1101
页数:6
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