Comparison of MCNP4C, 4B and 4A Monte Carlo codes when calculating electron therapy depth doses

Iranian Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-195

  Nedaie, H ^a,c   Shariary, M ^b   Gharaati, H ^a   Allahverdi, M ^a   Mosleh Shirazi, M A ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Electron therapy; Energy spectrum; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON THERAPY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION;

EID: 33644531557     PISSN: 23223243     EISSN: 17284562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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