A Monte Carlo study of absorbed dose distributions in both the vapor and liquid phases of water by intermediate energy electrons based on different condensed-history transport schemes

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3739-3761

  Bousis, C ^a   Emfietzoglou, D ^a   Hadjidoukas, P ^a   Nikjoo, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); ELECTRONS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; HEALTH; HISTORY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; LIQUID PHASE EPITAXY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; VAPORS;

ABSORBED DOSE; CONDENSED-PHASE EFFECTS; CROSS SECTIONING; DEPTH DOSE; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ELASTIC COLLISIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT (ET); EXTENSIVE BENCHMARKING; INELASTIC COLLISIONS; INELASTIC INTERACTIONS; INITIAL ENERGY; INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; INTERACTION COEFFICIENTS; INTERMEDIATE-ENERGY ELECTRONS; LIQUID PHASES; LIQUID-PHASE; MONTE CARLO STUDY; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT; RELATIVISTIC CORRECTIONS; SINGLE-SCATTERING (SS); TRANSPORT SCHEMES;

WATER VAPOR;

WATER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL PHASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; VAPOR;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; VOLATILIZATION; WATER;

EID: 47649097172     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/14/003     Document Type: Article

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