An MCNP-based model for the evaluation of the photoneutron dose in high energy medical electron accelerators

Physica Medica

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 95-99

  Carinou, Eleutheria ^a,d   Stamatelatos, Ion Evangelos ^b   Kamenopoulou, Vassiliki ^a   Georgolopoulou, Paraskevi ^c   Sandilos, Panayotis ^d  

^a GREEK ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY AND RADIATION PROTECTION   (Greece)

^c SAINT SAVVAS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ELECTRON BEAM; EVALUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PREDICTION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TECHNIQUE; X RAY;

EID: 27744520897     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1120-1797(05)80009-2     Document Type: Article

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