GEANT4 simulations for low energy proton computerized tomography

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 4-5, 2010, Pages 951-953

  Milhoretto, Edney ^a   Schelin, Hugo R ^a   Setti, João A P ^a   Denyak, Valery ^a   Paschuk, Sergei A ^a   Evseev, Ivan G ^b   de Assis, Joaquim T ^b   Yevseyeva, O ^b   Lopes, Ricardo T ^c   Vinagre Filho, Ubirajara M ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; GEANT4; Proton beams

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SPREADS; GEANT4; GEANT4 SIMULATION; LOW-ENERGY PROTONS; PROTON ENERGY SPECTRA; SPECIFIC EFFECTS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

ALUMINUM;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLOTRON; GEANT4 COMPUTER SIMULATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION ENERGY;

ALUMINUM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 77949275178     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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