Development and commissioning of a Monte Carlo photon beam model for Varian Clinac 2100EX linear accelerator

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 656-662

  Mesbahi, Asghar ^a   Reilly, Andrew J ^b   Thwaites, David I ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Linear accelerator; MCNP 4C; Monte Carlo; Photon beam modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

2100EX; MCNP 4C; MONTE CARLO; PHOTON BEAM MODELING;

LINEAR ACCELERATORS;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33645994806     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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