Determination of photon fluence spectra from a 60Co therapy unit based on PENELOPE and MCNP simulations

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 46, Issue 6-7, 2011, Pages 595-601

  Baumgartner, Andreas ^a,b   Hranitzky, Christian ^c   Stadtmann, Hannes ^c   Maringer, Franz Josef ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c Seibersdorf Labor GmbH   (Austria)

^d Bundesamt fur Eich und Vermessungswesen   (Austria)

Author keywords

60Co therapy unit; Depth dose curves; Monte Carlo simulations; Photon fluence spectra

Indexed keywords

60CO THERAPY UNIT; DEPTH DOSE; DEPTH-DOSE CURVES; FLUENCES; MCNP SIMULATIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; PENELOPE; PHOTON FLUENCE; PHOTON FLUENCE SPECTRA; QUALITY INDICES; REALISTIC MODEL; ROTATIONAL SYMMETRIES; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; SIMULATION MODEL; SOURCE CAPSULE; STATISTICAL STANDARDS; WATER PHANTOM;

COBALT COMPOUNDS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRON EMISSION; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 79959497054     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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