Monte Carlo calculations of the impact of a hip prosthesis on the dose distribution

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

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-18

  Buffard, Edwige ^a   Gschwind, Régine ^a   Makovicka, Libor ^a   David, Céline ^b  

^a FEMTO ST INSTITUTE   (France)

^b CH Belfort Montbéliard   (France)

Author keywords

BEAMnrc EGSnrc; Coatings; CT based phantoms; Hip prosthesis

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ATTENUATION; COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAMNRC/EGSNRC; CT-BASED PHANTOMS; HIP PROSTHESIS;

PROSTHETICS;

EID: 33748445355     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2006.05.031     Document Type: Article

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