Current prospects on Low Energy Particle Track Simulation for biomedical applications

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-164

  Fuss, M C ^a   Sanz, A G ^a   Munoz A ^b   Blanco, F ^c   Brunger, M J ^d   Buckman, S J ^e   Limao Vieira P ^f   Garcia G ^a,g  

^a INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA FUNDAMENTAL   (Spain)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron scattering cross sections; Low energy particles; Track structure simulation

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; INCIDENT RADIATION; LOW-ENERGY PARTICLES; RADIATION INTERACTIONS; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; SCATTERING PROCESS; SELECTION PROCEDURES; TRACK STRUCTURE;

ISOTOPES; RADIATION;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY LOSS DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY PARTICLE TRACK SIMULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SIMULATION;

ELECTRON SCATTERING CROSS SECTIONS; LOW ENERGY PARTICLES; TRACK STRUCTURE SIMULATION;

ELECTRONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 84889080865     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.01.017     Document Type: Article

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