Physical models implemented in the Geant4-DNA extension of the Geant-4 toolkit for calculating initial radiation damage at the molecular level

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 143, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 214-218

  Villagrasa, C ^a   Francis, Z ^a   Incerti, S ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA DAMAGE; EVALUATION; GENETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 79952327299     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq537     Document Type: Article

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