Effect of the electron transport through thin slabs on the simulation of linear electron accelerators of use in therapy: A comparative study of various Monte Carlo codes

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 580, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 153-156

  Vilches, M ^a   Garcia Pareja S ^b   Guerrero, R ^c   Anguiano, M ^d   Lallena, A M ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL REGIONAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Monte Carlo; Multiple scattering

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

DEPTH DOSE CURVES; LINEAR ELECTRON ACCELERATORS; MONTE CARLO CODES; THIN SLABS;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 34548221113     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.056     Document Type: Article

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