An investigation on the capabilities of the PENELOPE MC code in nanodosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 620-625

  Bernal, M A ^a   Liendo, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

DNA damage; Monte Carlo simulations; Nanodosimetry; PENELOPE

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

CHARACTERISTIC X RAYS; DNA DAMAGES; DOUBLE STRAND BREAKS; GEOMETRICAL MODELING; NANODOSIMETRY; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVELS; PENELOPE; RADIATION TRANSPORT;

GENE ENCODING;

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; GENETIC MODEL; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NANODOSIMETER; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 59249108383     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3056457     Document Type: Article

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