Geant4 applications and developments for medical physics experiments

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1412-1419

  Rodrigues, Pedro ^a,b   Moura, Rui ^a   Ortigão, Catarina ^a   Peralta, Luís ^a,b   Pia, Maria Grazia ^b,c   Trindade, Andreia ^a,b   Varela, João ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO DE INSTRUMENTAÇÃO E FÍSICA EXPERIMENTAL DE PARTÍCULAS   (Portugal)

^b CERN   (Switzerland)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI GENOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bremsstrahlung angular distribution; Geant4; Positron emission mammography (PEM)

Indexed keywords

BREMSSTRAHLUNG ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION; GEANT4; MEDICAL PHYSICS; POSITRON EMISSION MAMMOGRAPHY (PEM);

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ASTROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; OPTIMIZATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; RADIATION DETECTORS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

EID: 4444303105     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832314     Document Type: Conference Paper

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