The history of ion beam therapy in Germany
The advantageous depth dose profile of ion beams together with state of the art beam delivery and treatment planning systems allow for highly conformal tumor treatments in patients. First treatments date back to 1954 at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and in Europe, ion beam therapy started i...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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31 January 2022
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Zeitschrift für medizinische Physik
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Pages: 6-22 |
| ISSN: | 1876-4436 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.zemedi.2021.11.003 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.zemedi.2021.11.003 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0939388921001082 
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| Author Notes: | Oliver Jäkel, Gerhard Kraft, Christian P. Karger |
| Summary: | The advantageous depth dose profile of ion beams together with state of the art beam delivery and treatment planning systems allow for highly conformal tumor treatments in patients. First treatments date back to 1954 at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) and in Europe, ion beam therapy started in the mid-1990s at the Paul-Scherrer Institute (PSI) with protons and at the Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research (GSI) with carbon ions, followed by the Heidelberg Ion Therapy Center (HIT) in Heidelberg. This review describes the historical development of ion beam therapy in Germany based on the pioneering work at LBL and in the context of simultaneous developments in other countries as well as recent developments. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 11.06.2022 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1876-4436 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.zemedi.2021.11.003 |