Monte Carlo simulations of prompt-gamma emission during carbon ion irradiation

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5 PART 2, 2010, Pages 2768-2772

  Le Foulher, F ^a,b   Bajard, M ^a,b   Chevallier, M ^a,b   Dauvergne, D ^a,b   Freud, N ^c   Henriquet, P ^a,b   Karkar, S ^d   Letang J M ^c   Lestand, L ^e   Plescak, R ^f   Ray, C ^a,b   Schardt, D ^f   Testa, E ^a,b   Testa, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^f GSI HELMHOLTZZENTRUM FÜR SCHWERIONENFORSCHUNG GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose profile; Geant4 simulation; hadrontherapy; prompt gamma ray

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; REAL TIME CONTROL;

CARBON ION BEAMS; DOSE PROFILE; EVAPORATION MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; GEANT4 SIMULATION; HADRON THERAPY; PROMPT GAMMA-RAYS; PROMPT GAMMAS;

GAMMA RAYS;

EID: 79953804939     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2048042     Document Type: Article

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