Validation of Monte Carlo generated phase-space descriptions of medical linear accelerators

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1476-1483

  Libby, B ^a   Siebers, J ^a   Mohan, R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Phase space descriptions

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS;

DIFFERENT STAGES; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE DEPOSITION; GEOMETRIC VALIDATION; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHASE SPACES; VARIANCE REDUCTIONS;

PHASE SPACE METHODS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0032798089     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598643     Document Type: Article

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