A Monte Carlo based radiotherapy simulator

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 445-461

  Bliznakova, K ^a   Kolitsi, Z ^a   Pallikarakis, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

HIGH ENERGY SIMULATION MODULE (HESM); PHANTOMS; RADIATION TRANSPORT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 3142686915     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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