The GEANT4 toolkit for microdosimetry calculations: Application to microbeam radiation therapy (MRT)

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4322-4330

  Spiga, J ^a,b   Siegbahn, E A ^a   Brauer Krisch E ^a   Randaccio, P ^b   Bravin, A ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; HISTOLOGY; LIBRARIES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; CYLINDRICAL SOURCES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS; MICROBEAM RADIATION THERAPY; RAPID REGENERATION; SUPERPOSITION ALGORITHMS;

ANALYTICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BLOOD VESSEL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; HEALING; LIGHT SCATTERING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY;

EID: 35649009849     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2794170     Document Type: Article

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