A theoretical model for event statistics in microdosimetry. II: Nonuniform distribution of heavy ion tracks

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 997-1005

  Santa Cruz, G A ^a,b   Palmer, M R ^a   Matatagui, E ^b   Zamenhof, R G ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

BNCT; Heavy ion; Microdosimetry; Random variable distribution

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS;

BNCT; IRRADIATION EXPERIMENTS; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NON-UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL NEUTRON CAPTURE; VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION;

HEAVY IONS;

BORON; HEAVY ION; LITHIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADON;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; ION TRANSPORT; IRRADIATION; MICRODOSIMETRY; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0034967942     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1376440     Document Type: Article

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