GEANT4 based simulation framework for particle therapy system

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2007, Pages 2564-2567

  Aso, Tsukasa ^a   Kimura, Akinori ^b   Kameoka, Satoru ^c   Murakami, Kouichi ^d   Sasaki, Takashi ^d   Yamashita, Tomohiro ^e  

^a TOYAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ASHIKAGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); CODES (SYMBOLS); IRRADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROTON IRRADIATION; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

CARBON THERAPY; END USERS; GEANT4 SIMULATION TOOLKIT; HADRON-THERAPY; IRRADIATION SYSTEMS; NUCLEAR SCIENCES; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; SOURCE CODING;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48149110674     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2007.4436673     Document Type: Conference Paper

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