Accurate determination of dose-point-kernel functions close to the origin using Monte Carlo simulations

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 814-818

  Janicki, Christian ^a   Seuntjens, Jan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beta radiation; Dose point kernel; Monte Carlo; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPHERES;

BETA RADIATION; EFFECTIVE RADIUS; EXHAUSTIVE LISTS; FINITE THICKNESS; MONOENERGETIC ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; POINT KERNELS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 1942516804     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1668393     Document Type: Article

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