A theoretical model for event statistics in microdosimetry. I: Uniform distribution of heavy ion tracks

Medical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 988-996

  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

Heavy ion; Microdosimetry; Random variable distribution

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; STARTERS;

CHORD LENGTH DISTRIBUTION; CONDITIONAL PROBABILITIES; DETERMINISTIC CALCULATIONS; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; THEORETICAL MODELING; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; VARIABLE DISTRIBUTION;

PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS;

HEAVY ION;

ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; ION TRANSPORT; MICRODOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034972636     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1376439     Document Type: Article

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