Comparison of microdosimetric simulations using PENELOPE and PITS for a 25 keV electron microbeam in water

Radiation Research

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 326-331

  Mainardi, Enrico ^a,b   Donahue, Richard J ^b   Wilson, Walter E ^c   Blakely, Eleanor A ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON BEAM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PENETRATION AND ENERGY LOSS OF POSITRONS AND ELECTRONS CODE; POSITIVE ION TRACK STRUCTURE CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; WATER;

PENELOPE;

EID: 4644259348     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3210     Document Type: Article

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