A polygon-surface reference Korean male phantom (PSRK-Man) and its direct implementation in Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3137-3161

  Kim, Chan Hyeong ^a   Jeong, Jong Hwi ^a   Bolch, Wesley E ^b   Cho, Kun Woo ^c   Hwang, Sung Bae ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (KINS)   (South Korea)

^d Kyungbuk College   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATION SPEED; COMPUTATION TIME; COMPUTING SPEED; COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY; DEFORMABILITY; DIRECT USE; DOSE CALCULATION; GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTING; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HIGH DEFINITION; HYBRID PHANTOMS; IMAGING SIMULATION; INHERENT LIMITATIONS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; TRANSPORT KERNEL; VISIBLE KOREAN HUMANS; VOXEL PHANTOMS; VOXELIZATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRID COMPUTING; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; KOREA; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOMETRY; TIME;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955434951     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/10/016     Document Type: Article

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