Comparison of GATE/GEANT4 with EGSnrc and MCNP for electron dose calculations at energies between 15 keV and 20 MeV

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 811-827

  Maigne, L ^a,b   Perrot, Y ^a,b   Schaart, D R ^c   Donnarieix, D ^b,d   Breton, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE JEAN PERRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PHYSICS; ELECTRON DOSE; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; GEANT4 TOOLKITS; IMAGING DEVICE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PENCIL BEAM; STEP SIZE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; WATER;

EID: 79551716438     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/3/017     Document Type: Article

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