Helium range viability for online range probing in mixed carbon-helium beams

Background: Recently, mixed carbon-helium beams were proposed for range verification in carbon ion therapy: helium, with three times the range of carbon, serves as an online range probe and is mixed into a therapeutic carbon beam. Purpose: Treatment monitoring is of special interest for lung cancer...

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Hauptverfasser: Hardt, Jennifer (VerfasserIn) , Pryanichnikov, Alexander A. (VerfasserIn) , Jäkel, Oliver (VerfasserIn) , Seco, Joao (VerfasserIn) , Wahl, Niklas (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: December 2025
In: Medical physics
Year: 2025, Jahrgang: 52, Heft: 12, Pages: 1-15
ISSN:2473-4209
DOI:10.1002/mp.70194
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Verfasserangaben:Jennifer Josephine Hardt, Alexander A. Pryanichnikov, Oliver Jäkel, Joao Seco, Niklas Wahl

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