Benchmarking nuclear models of FLUKA and GEANT4 for carbon ion therapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5833-5847

  Bohlen T T ^a,b   Cerutti, F ^a   Dosanjh, M ^a   Ferrari, A ^a   Gudowska, I ^b   Mairani, A ^c   Quesada, J M ^d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PREDICTION; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; CARBON ION THERAPY; CARBON IONS; CHANGING CROSS SECTION; CHARGED FRAGMENTS; DE-EXCITATIONS; DIFFERENTIAL YIELDS; ENERGY MEASUREMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUENCES; HADRONIC MODELS; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO TRANSPORT CODE; NUCLEAR FRAGMENTATION; NUCLEAR MODEL; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; PRIMARY CARBON; SPATIAL DOSE; THERAPEUTIC ENERGY; THERAPEUTIC USE; TIME OF FLIGHT;

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

IONS;

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BENCHMARKING; CARBON; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD;

EID: 78249275520     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/19/014     Document Type: Article

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