Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53550#.VMiJcCzQrzE Author(s) Jihun Kwon 1 , Kenneth Sutherland 2 , Takayuki Hashimoto 3 , Hiroyuki Date 4 Affiliation(s) 1 Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan . 2 Department of Medical Physics, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan . 3 Department of Radiology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan . 4 Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan . ABSTRACT Purpose: In radiation therapy, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are regarded as a promising radiosensitizer candidate. Several studies have revealed a dose enhancement by GNPs in X-ray and even proton irradiation. However, these studies have been limited to the depth direction. The dose distribution in both depth and lateral directions is crucial to evaluate the full radio sensitizing effect. The pur...
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