Recent improvements in the SHIELD-HIT code

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 195-199

  Hansen, David C ^a,b   Lhr, Armin ^a,b   Herrmann, Rochus ^a,b   Sobolevsky, Nikolai ^c   Bassler, Niels ^a,b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

LET; Light ions; Monte Carlo; Particle therapy; SHIELD HIT

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; HEAVY ION RADIATION; ION TRANSPORT; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; SHIELD HIT CODE;

ELASTICITY; HEAVY IONS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855397476     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: 13623095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2011.610863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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