Monte Carlo simulation of large electron fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 741-753

  Faddegon, B ^a   Schreiber, E ^b   Ding, X ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON SCATTERING; ERRORS; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BEAM SYMMETRY; ELECTRON FIELDS; ENERGY RANGE; SIMULATION PARAMETERS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

WATER;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; MONITOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 16444363086     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/5/001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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