Experimental test of Monte Carlo proton transport at grazing incidence in GEANT4, FLUKA and MCNPX

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1115-1129

  Kimstrand, Peter ^a   Tilly, Nina ^a,b   Ahnesjö, Anders ^a,b   Traneus, Erik ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Elekta AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CCD CAMERAS; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS;

GRAZING INCIDENCE; OUT-SCATTER PROBABILITY; STEPPING ALGORITHMS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAMERA; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; ION TRANSPORT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 39049165022     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/4/020     Document Type: Article

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