Radiotherapy, High-Energy
"Radiotherapy, High-Energy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Radiotherapy using high-energy (megavolt or higher) ionizing radiation. Types of radiation include gamma rays, produced by a radioisotope within a teletherapy unit; x-rays, electrons, protons, alpha particles (helium ions) and heavy charged ions, produced by particle acceleration; and neutrons and pi-mesons (pions), produced as secondary particles following bombardment of a target with a primary particle.
| Descriptor ID |
D011882
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.815.722
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Radiotherapy, High-Energy" by people in Profiles.
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Manciu M, Manciu FS, Vulcan T, Nes E, Waggener RG. Robust megavoltage x-ray spectra estimation from transmission measurements. J Xray Sci Technol. 2009; 17(1):85-99.
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Pass HI, Vogelzang N, Hahn S, Carbone M. Malignant pleural mesothelioma. Curr Probl Cancer. 2004 May-Jun; 28(3):93-174.