Simulations of therapeutic proton beam formation with GEANT4

Journal of the Korean Physical Society

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-201

  Kim, Aram ^a   Kim, Jong Won ^b   Hahn, Insik ^a   Schreuder, Niek ^c   Farr, Jonathan ^c  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

^c Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

GEANT4; Monte Carlo simulation; Proton beam therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 24644507119     PISSN: 03744884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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