Development of a parallel electron and photon transport (PMCEPT) code II: Absorbed dose computation in homogeneous and heterogeneous media

Journal of the Korean Physical Society

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1640-1651

  Kim, Hye Kyung ^a,b   Kum, Oyeon ^a,b  

^a Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose distributions; Cancer radiation therapy planning; Homogeneous and heterogeneous phantoms; Monte Carlo method; PMCEPT code

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751037893     PISSN: 03744884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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