Validation of Geant4 physics models for the simulation of the proton bragg peak

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 788-792

  Cirrone, G A P ^a   Cuttone, G ^a   Di Rosa, F ^a   Guatelli, S ^b   Mascialino, B ^b   Pia, M G ^b   Russo, G ^a  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Geant4; Hadrontherapy; Monte Cario; Radiation protection; Validation

Indexed keywords

BRAGG CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION PROTECTION; WATER;

HADRONTHERAPY; HADRONTHERAPY FACILITY; PHYSICS MODELS; VALIDATION;

PROTONS;

EID: 38649142201     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.355969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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