Assessment of different MCNP Monte Carlo codes in electron absorbed dose

Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 293-298

  Nedaie, Hassan Ali ^a,b   Mosleh Shirazi, M A ^b,c   Gharaati, H ^a   Shariari, M ^d   Allahverdi, M ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Electron therapy; Energy spectrum; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIMULATION;

EID: 33947155353     PISSN: 15071367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1507-1367(06)71075-6     Document Type: Article

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