Monte Carlo simulation and analysis of proton energy-deposition patterns in the Bragg peak

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2857-2875

  González Muñoz, Gloria ^a   Tilly, Nina ^a   Fernández Varea, José M ^b   Ahnesjö, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COSMIC RAY DETECTORS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTRONS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IMPACT IONIZATION; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROFLUIDICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTONS; THEOREM PROVING;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (PL) PROPERTIES; BRAGG PEAKS; DEPOSITION PATTERNS; DEPOSITION PROPERTIES; DOUBLY DIFFERENTIAL CROSS SECTION (DDCS); ELECTRONIC STOPPING POWER; EMITTED ELECTRON; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; INITIAL ENERGY; LIQUID WATER; MONO ENERGETIC PROTONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION (MCS); PENELOPE; PROTON ENERGIES; PROTON IMPACT; PROTON TRANSPORT (PT); RADIATION QUALITIES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS (RBE); SECONDARY ELECTRON (SE); SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPECTRA (CO);

CHARGED PARTICLES;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; IONIZING RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 45749130964     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/11/007     Document Type: Article

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