Monte Carlo dose calculations using MCNP4C and EGSnrc/BEAMnrc codes to study the energy dependence of the radiochromic film response to beta-emitting sources

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 3931-3948

  Pacilio, M ^a   Aragno, D ^b   Rauco, R ^a   D'Onofrio, S ^c   Pressello, M C ^a   Bianciardi, L ^b   Santini, E ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN GIOVANNI ADDOLORATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON SOURCES; IRRADIATION; MONOCHROMATORS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOISOTOPES;

BETA-EMITTING SOURCES; ELECTRON CLINICAL BEAMS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY (IVB); RADIOCHROMIC FILM (RCF);

DOSIMETERS;

PHOSPHORUS 32; POLYSTYRENE; RHENIUM 188; STRONTIUM 90; WATER; YTTRIUM 90;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; FILM DOSIMETER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION RESPONSE; SIMULATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 34250303949     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/13/018     Document Type: Article

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