Calculation of electron and isotopes dose point kernels with fluka Monte Carlo code for dosimetry in nuclear medicine therapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3944-3954

  Botta, F ^a   Mairani, A ^b   Battistoni, G ^b   Cremonesi, M ^a   Di Dia, A ^a   Fasso A ^c   Ferrari, A ^d   Ferrari, M ^a   Paganelli, G ^a   Pedroli, G ^a   Valente, M ^e  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON NATIONAL ACCELERATOR FACILITY   (United States)

^d CERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

dose point kernel; dosimetry; fluka; Monte Carlo simulation; radionuclide therapy

Indexed keywords

BONE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ISOTOPES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

AVERAGE PERCENTAGE DIFFERENCES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLUKA; MEDICINE APPLICATION; MONOENERGETIC ELECTRONS; POINT KERNELS; RADIONUCLIDE THERAPY; SIMULATION ALGORITHMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

PENELOPE;

EID: 79960219777     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3586038     Document Type: Article

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