Effect of the multiple scattering of electrons in Monte Carlo simulation of LINACS

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 104-108

  Vilches, Manuel ^a   García Pareja, Salvador ^b   Guerrero, Rafael ^c   Anguiano, Marta ^d   Lallena, Antonio 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

Air slabs; egsnrc; Electron transport; geant3; geant4; mcnpx; Monte Carlo simulation; Multiple scattering; penelope; Thin slabs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 38349056510     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.026     Document Type: Article

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