An analytical model for calculating microdosimetric distributions from heavy ions in nanometer site targets

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 36-40

  Czopyk, Lukasz ^a   Olko, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY ION; BIOPOLYMER; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; WATER VAPOR; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY;

BIOPOLYMERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAVY IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 34347372048     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl473     Document Type: Article

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