Primary paper: Radiological use of fast protons, Radiology 47, 487–491 (1946). pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20274616/
Cited passage: rise of specific ionization near the end of the proton range and its proposed therapeutic use.
Robert R. Wilson 2026-10-24
Physicist who proposed the use of fast protons for radiation therapy in 1946.[ref]
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Portrait of Robert R. Wilson
. Fermilab History and Archives, 12 September 1970; original photographer unidentified; crop by FMSky. Public domain (PD-USGov-DOE), as documented on the linked Commons file page. Source.