A comparison of cellular irradiation techniques with alpha particles using the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 327-329

  Incerti, S ^a   Gault, N ^b   Habchi, C ^a   Lefaix, J L ^b   Moretto, Ph ^a   Poncy, J L ^b   Pouthier, T ^a   Seznec, H ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES NUCLÉAIRES DE BORDEAUX GRADIGNAN   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; TARGET CELL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL FUNCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALPHA PARTICLES; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34347391923     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl422     Document Type: Article

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