Comparison of EGS4 and MCNP Monte Carlo codes when calculating radiotherapy depth doses

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1351-1357

  Love, P A ^a   Lewis, D G ^a   Al Affan, I A M ^a   Smith, C W ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; MICROCOMPUTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031901461     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/43/5/024     Document Type: Article

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