Dose distribution in water for monoenergetic photon point sources in the energy range of interest in brachytherapy: Monte Carlo simulations with PENELOPE and GEANT4

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 766-773

  Almansa, Julio F ^a   Guerrero, Rafael ^b   Al Dweri, Feras M O ^c   Anguiano, Marta ^c   Lallena, Antonio M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GEANT4; Monoenergetic photon sources; Monte Carlo simulation; PENELOPE

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; MONOENERGETIC PHOTON SOURCES; PENELOPE;

PHOTONS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847395287     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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