Secondary doses in anthropomorphic phantoms irradiated with light ion beams

Nuclear Technology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 123-127

  Hultqvist, Martha ^a   Gudowska, Irena ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Light ion therapy; Monte Carlo; Secondary doses

Indexed keywords

ION BEAMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TUMORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHIC PHANTOMS; ION THERAPY; MONTE CARLO CODES; PRIMARY PARTICLES; SECONDARY DOSES; SECONDARY NEUTRONS; SECONDARY PARTICLES; SECONDARY PROTONS;

IONS;

EID: 70350318115     PISSN: 00295450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NT09-A9111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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