Concept information
Preferred term
Radiotherapy, High-Energy
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- High Energy Radiotherapy
- High-Energy Radiotherapy
Note
- ionizing only
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 64
In other languages
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Finnish
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suurienergiainen sädehoito
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Swedish
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Högenergisk radioterapi
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Megavolt radioterapi
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Megavolt strålbehandling
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011882
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