1. Introduction

   • H. Muth

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 183

2. The suitability of negative pions for radiotherapy: 4 years preclinical research with the biomedicalΠE3-beam at SIN

   • Hedi Fritz-Niggli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 192

3. Pre-clinical studies of the negative pi-meson beam at TRIUMF

   • L. D. Skarsgard
   • R. M. Henkelman
   • M. N. Poon

   OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 204

4. Therapy planning and dosimetry for the pion applicator at the Swiss Institute for Nuclear Research (SIN)

   • H. Blattmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 205 - 209

5. Development of the therapy planning programs for the 60 beams SIN pion applicator

   • E. Pedroni

   OriginalPaper Pages: 211 - 217

6. Measurements at theπE³ single beam correlated to dosimetry and therapy-planning for the pion applicator at SIN

   • Myriam Salzmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 219 - 223

7. Application of the thermoluminescent dosimetry to a pion beam

   • J. -F. Valley
   • A. Guérid
   • M. Vinckenbosch

   OriginalPaper Pages: 225 - 229

8. Visualization ofπ ⁻ andπ ⁺ stopping density distributions in one and two dimensions

   • H. Matthäy
   • G. Büche
   • H. P. Walther

   OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 237

9. Energy deposition spectra of negative pions and their application to radiation therapy

   • H. Schuhmacher
   • H. G. Menzel
   • H. Blattmann

   OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 244

10. Radiobiological effects and dose-LET spectra

    • R. Wideröe

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 250

11. Radiobiological data for clinical dosimetry in pion tumour therapy

    • I. R. Heyder
    • W. Pohlit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 251 - 260

12. Effect of negative pions, relative to 140 kV - 29 MeV photons and 20 MeV electrons, on proliferation of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells

    • K. R. Rao
    • H. Blattmann
    • H. Fritz-Niggli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 261 - 265

13. Cell survival over the depth profile after irradiation with a negative pion beam

    • J. Tremp
    • H. Blattmann
    • Hedi Fritz-Niggli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 272

14. Biological effects of negative pions in monolayers and spheroids of chinese hamster cells

    • K. F. Weibezahn
    • H. Dertinger
    • C. Lücke-Huhle

    OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 277

15. Chromatid breaks induced in Chinese hamster cells by low doses (12–100 rad) ofπ ⁻-mesons

    • G. Mindek
    • H. Blattmann
    • H. Fritz-Niggli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 282

16. RBE and OER values of negative pion beams from growth inhibition of Vicia Faba roots

    • J. Baarli
    • M. Bianchi
    • J. W. N. Tuyn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 287

17. Preclinical Radiobiology with Pions: RBE — Values for Mouse Skin Damage as a Function of Single Doses of Pions

    • E. M. Fröhlich
    • H. Blattmann
    • H. Fritz-Niggli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 289 - 294

18. Long-term effects of negative pions in female mice exposed to whole-body irradiation

    • A. Zimmermann
    • Ch. Michel
    • Ch. Stoller

    OriginalPaper Pages: 295 - 298

19. Low-dose effects of X-rays and negative pions on the pronuclear zygote stage of mouse embryos

    • C. Michel
    • H. Blattmann
    • H. Fritz-Niggli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 302

20. Effect of negative pi mesons on vascular permeability of brain in neonatal rats

    • R. Landolt
    • D. Arn
    • H. Fritz-Niggli

    OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 308