The use of the new Monte Carlo software packet called GEANT4 for the calculations of the doses from the X-rays outside the primary beam

Physica Medica

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 147-149

  Konefał, Adam ^a   Orlef, Andrzej ^b   Zipper, Wiktor ^a   Maniakowski, Zbigniew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

GEANT4 software packet; Monte Carlo calculations; Peripheral X ray dose

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; GALLBLADDER; GEOMETRY; GONAD; LIVER; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; SKIN; STOMACH; X RAY;

EID: 13444288327     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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