Monte Carlo dose calculations in homogeneous media and at interfaces: A comparison between GEPTS, EGSnrc, MCNP, and measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 835-847

  Chibani, Omar ^a   Li, X Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTILAYERS; PHOTONS; POSITRONS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG EMISSION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; HIGH ENERGY PHOTONS; HOMOGENEOUS MEDIA; INDEXING METHODS; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATION;

ELECTRONS;

COBALT 60; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALORIMETRY; COBALT THERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; POSITRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SCATTERING; ALGORITHM; BETA RADIATION; BIOPHYSICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; BETA RAYS; BIOPHYSICS; BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 0035999411     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1473134     Document Type: Article

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