Method of Monte Carlo simulation verification in hadron therapy with non-tissue equivalent detectors

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 487-490

  Rosenfeld, Anatoly ^a   Wroe, Andrew ^a   Carolan, Martin ^a,b   Cornelius, Iwan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b Illawarra Cancer Care Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FAST NEUTRON THERAPY; HADRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; PHANTOM; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMIMETICS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749675460     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci618     Document Type: Article

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