On the efficiency of azimuthal and rotational splitting for Monte Carlo simulation of clinical linear accelerators

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 929-932

  Brualla, L ^a   Sauerwein, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Linac; Monte Carlo; Radiotherapy; Splitting; Variance reduction

Indexed keywords

AZIMUTHAL ANGLE; LINAC; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE REDISTRIBUTION; PHASE SPACES; RADIATION TRANSPORT; ROTATIONAL SPLITTINGS; SAMPLING PROCESS; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ACCELERATORS; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; AZIMUTHAL PARTICLE REDISTRIBUTION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; RADIOTHERAPY; ROTATIONAL SPLITTING;

EID: 77953360137     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2010.03.020     Document Type: Article

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