Positron follow-up in liquid water: I. A new Monte Carlo track-structure code

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1707-1723

  Champion, C ^a   Le Loirec, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; WATER;

POSITRONIUM; TRACK-STRUCTURE CODES; TUMOURAL VOLUMES;

POSITRONS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; EXCITATION; IONIZATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRONS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SCATTERING, RADIATION; WATER;

EID: 33645293502     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/7/005     Document Type: Article

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