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Hybrid Monte Carlo source model: Advantages and deficiencies

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering
Volume 24 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)
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|Jun 2018

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2018-0009 | Journal eISSN: 1898-0309 | Journal ISSN: 1425-4689
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Language: English
Page range: 65 - 74
Submitted on: Nov 6, 2017
Accepted on: Feb 13, 2018
Published on: Jun 26, 2018
Published by: Polish Society of Medical Physics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
hybrid source model,
DOSXYZnrc,
Monte Carlo,
Elekta Synergy,
particle source model
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Biomedical engineering,
Physics,
Technical and applied physics,
Medical physics

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