Monte Carlo study of Siemens PRIMUS photoneutron production

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5921-5933

  Pena, J ^a   Franco, L ^a   Gomez F ^a   Iglesias, A ^a   Pardo, J ^a   Pombar, M ^b  

^a Facultade de Medicina   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Salud Carlos III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

ELECTRONS/PROTONS ACCELERATIONS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; PHOTONEUTRONS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; PHOTON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS;

EID: 29144508767     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/24/011     Document Type: Article

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