Monte Carlo calculation of nanoscale dosimetric distributions of MeV proton tracks with secondary electron transport

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

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-84

  Emfietzoglou, D ^a   Paganetti, H ^b   Papamichael, G ^a,c   Pathak, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Microdosimetry; Monte Carlo; Protons; Water

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TARGETS; WATER;

CHROMATIN-SIZE TARGETS; ENERGY DEPOSITION; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO;

PROTONS;

EID: 33344463138     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2005.11.083     Document Type: Conference Paper

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