The influence of Monte Carlo source parameters on detector design and dose perturbation in small field dosimetry

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 489, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Charles, P H ^a   Crowe, S B ^a   Kairn, T ^a,b   Knight, R ^b   Hill, B ^b   Kenny, J ^c,d   Langton, C M ^a   Trapp, J V ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b WESLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^d TOOWOOMBA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C++ (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DISSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DETECTOR DESIGN; DOSE REDUCTION; ELECTRON ENERGIES; MONTE CARLO MODELLING; PERTURBATION CORRECTION; RADIATION FIELD; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84899543486     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/489/1/012006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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