Influence of Geant4 parameters on dose distribution and computation time for carbon ion therapy simulation

Physica Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 202-208

  Zahra, Nabil ^a,b,c   Frisson, Thibault ^a,b,c,d   Grevillot, Loic ^a,c,d,e   Lautesse, Philippe ^a,b   Sarrut, David ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e IBA Group   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; GEANT4; Hadrontherapy; Linear energy transfer

Indexed keywords

CARBON; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ION THERAPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS MODEL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CARBON; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 77956873985     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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