Monte Carlo simulation of large electron fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1497-1510

  Faddegon, Bruce A ^a   Perl, Joseph ^b   Asai, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTRON SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BEAM ENERGIES; DEPTH PENETRATION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRON FIELDS;

ELECTRON BEAMS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIODE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 42649087094     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/5/021     Document Type: Article

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