THE Geant4-DNA project

International Journal of Modeling, Simulation, and Scientific Computing

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-178

  Incerti, S ^a,b   Baldacchino, G ^a,c   Bernal, M ^a,d   Capra, R ^a   Champion, C ^a,e   Francis, Z ^a,f   GuEye P ^a,g   Mantero, A ^a,b   Mascialino, B ^a,h   Moretto, P ^a,b   Nieminen, P ^a,i   Villagrasa, C ^a,f   Zacharatou, C ^a,j  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^f HAMPTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^h EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j Laborat orio de Cîencias Radio ogicas   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Geant4; microdosimetry; Monte Carlo; nanodosimetry; radiobiology

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DNA; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IONIZING RADIATION; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE RESEARCH;

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; GEANT4; INTERDISCIPLINARY ACTIVITIES; MICRO-DOSIMETRY; NANODOSIMETRY; RADIOBIOLOGY; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SPACE EXPLORATION MISSION;

BIOINFORMATICS;

EID: 77956299718     PISSN: 17939623     EISSN: 17939615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1793962310000122     Document Type: Article

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