Performance of GEANT4 in dosimetry applications: Calculation of X-ray spectra and kerma-to-dose equivalent conversion coefficients

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 1525-1531

  Guimarães, Carla C ^a   Moralles, Maurício ^b   Okuno, Emico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conversion coefficient; Dose equivalent; GEANT4; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; DOSIMETERS; TROPICAL ENGINEERING; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS;

AIR KERMA; CONVERSION COEFFICIENT; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; DOSE EQUIVALENT; DOSE EQUIVALENTS; GEANT4; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; MEAN ENERGIES; MONTE CARLO; RADIATION QUALITIES; REFERENCE DATUMS; REFERENCE VALUES; WATER SLABS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 56949091058     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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