Monte Carlo calculated stopping-power ratios, water/air, for clinical proton dosimetry (50-250 MeV)

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 89-105

  Medin, Joakim ^a,b   Andreo, Pedro ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION;

AIR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 0031023638     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/42/1/006     Document Type: Article

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