Track-structure simulations for charged particles

Health Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 590-595

  Dingfelder, Michael ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electrons; Monte Carlo; National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements; radiation damage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ELASTICITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA;

ELASTICITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHYSICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 84867174624     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3182621292     Document Type: Article

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