Consistency evaluation between EGSnrc and Geant4 charged particle transport in an equilibrium magnetic field

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Yang, Y M ^a   Bednarz, B ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; CHARGED PARTICLES; CODES (SYMBOLS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CHARGED PARTICLE TRANSPORT; ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI); MEDICAL PHYSICS APPLICATION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; TRANSVERSE MAGNETIC FIELD; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON;

PHASE INTERFACES;

WATER;

AIR; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; LUNG; MAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; REPRODUCIBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AIR; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUNG; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873638714     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/N47     Document Type: Article

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