Accurate condensed history Monte Carlo simulation of electron transport. I. EGSnrc, the new EGS4 version

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 485-498

  Kawrakow, I ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condensed history technique; EGS4 PRESTA; EGSnrc; Monte Carlo simulations

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC SCATTERING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY DISSIPATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION;

CONDENSED HISTORY TECHNIQUE; CROSS-SECTION METHOD; DISCRETE INTERACTION; EGS4/PRESTA; EGSNRC; ELASTIC SCATTERING THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MOST STRINGENT TESTS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ALUMINUM; GOLD; GRAPHITE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; THEORY;

EID: 0034104708     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598917     Document Type: Article

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