Monte Carlo study of photoneutron production in the Varian Clinac 2100C linac

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry

Volumn 276, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-123

  Ma, A ^a   Awotwi Pratt, J ^b   Alghamdi, A ^a   Alfuraih, A ^a   Spyrou, N M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COLLIMATOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY TRANSFER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; NONHUMAN; PHOTON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 42449124765     PISSN: 02365731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10967-007-0419-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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