Monte Carlo Simulation of a Linear Accelerator and Electron Beam Parameters Used in Radiotherapy

Introduction: In recent decades, several Monte Carlo codes have been introduced for research and medical applications. These methods provide both accurate and detailed calculation of particle transport from linear accelerators. The main drawback of Monte Carlo techniques is the extremely long comput...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Taghi Bahreyni Toossi, Mehdi Momen Nezhad, Seyed Mohammad Hashemi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences 2009-06-01
Series:Iranian Journal of Medical Physics
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Online Access:http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_7291_f18da4c175380c13bccba7c0d7b555b0.pdf