Photon dose calculation based on electron multiple-scattering theory: Primary dose deposition kernels

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1454-1465

  Wang, Lu ^a   Jette, David ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Lawrence H Lanzl Inst Med Phys   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Compton electrons; Dose deposition kernel; Monte Carlo; Pair production; Secondary electrons

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; CALCULATIONS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; POSITRONS; SECONDARY EMISSION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

COMPTON ELECTRON; DOSE DEPOSITION; EGS4 MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ENERGY RE DISTRIBUTIONS; KINETIC ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; MULTIPLE-SCATTERING THEORY; PAIR PRODUCTION; SECONDARY ELECTRONS;

PHOTONS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032772957     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598677     Document Type: Article

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