Calculations of specific cellular doses for low-energy electrons

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 267, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1823-1829

  Liu, C S ^a   Tung, C J ^a,b   Hu, Y H ^a   Chou, C M ^a,c   Chao, T C ^b   Lee, C C ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cellular dose; Electron transport; Lineal energy; Microdosimetry

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SURFACES; CELLULAR DOSE; DEPOSIT ENERGIES; ELASTIC INTERACTIONS; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ELECTRON PATHS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; ENERGY RELATIONS; LINEAL ENERGY; LIQUID WATERS; LOW ENERGY ELEC-TRONS; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICRODOSIMETRY; MIXED METHODS; MONTE CARLO; PENELOPE CODES; PROBABILISTIC METHODS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SOURCE REGIONS; TARGET REGIONS; TARGET SIZES;

ATOMS; CELL MEMBRANES; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CYTOLOGY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

TARGETS;

EID: 65449187929     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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