Novel approach for the Monte Carlo calculation of free-air chamber correction factors

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3650-3660

  Mainegra Hing, Ernesto ^a   Reynaert, Nick ^b   Kawrakow, Iwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EGSnrc; FAC corrections; Monte Carlo simulation; Radiation transport; X rays

Indexed keywords

BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CHARGED PARTICLES; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

ATTENUATION CORRECTION; EGSNRC; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; FAC CORRECTIONS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; RADIATION TRANSPORT; SELF-CONSISTENT APPROACH;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 48349106000     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2955551     Document Type: Article

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