A Monte Carlo Method Using Octree Structure in Photon and Electron Transport

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 2322-2326

  Ogawa, K ^a   Maeda, S ^b  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA STRUCTURES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

OBJECT DESCRIPTION; OCTREE REPRESENTATION; OCTREE STRING; PHOTON TRANSPORT; VOXEL-BASED METHOD;

OBJECT RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029547172     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.489435     Document Type: Article

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