In the past decade carbon ion beam has attracted growing interest in cancer therapy. This could be attributed to the excellent characteristics of the carbon ion beam in physical and biological selectivities such as do...In the past decade carbon ion beam has attracted growing interest in cancer therapy. This could be attributed to the excellent characteristics of the carbon ion beam in physical and biological selectivities such as dose localization in the Bragg peak and high relative biological effectiveness over the peak. To enhance the efficacy of heavy ion beams in treating tumors, we have even proposed a novel idea usingβ-delayed particle decay beams such as 9C, 8B and 8Li. These ra'dioactive ion beams (RIB) isotropically emit low展开更多
文摘In the past decade carbon ion beam has attracted growing interest in cancer therapy. This could be attributed to the excellent characteristics of the carbon ion beam in physical and biological selectivities such as dose localization in the Bragg peak and high relative biological effectiveness over the peak. To enhance the efficacy of heavy ion beams in treating tumors, we have even proposed a novel idea usingβ-delayed particle decay beams such as 9C, 8B and 8Li. These ra'dioactive ion beams (RIB) isotropically emit low