Published January 2012 | Version v1
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The use of Monte Carlo codes in the establishment of dosimetric standards for ionizing radiation

Creators

  • 1. CEA, List, Laboratoire national Henri Becquerel - LNE-LNHB, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex (France)

Description

Monte Carlo codes have been widely used at the Laboratoire national Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB) for the last twenty years. They contribute to the establishment of national dosimetric references. In this paper, two main dosimetric quantities are calculated using Monte Carlo modelling in the field of medical physics: the absorbed dose and the kerma. Further discussions of the problems encountered are also presented. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/rfm/2012003

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Utilisation des codes de Monte-Carlo dans l'etablissement de references dosimetriques pour les rayonnements ionisants

Identifiers

DOI
10.1051/rfm/2012003;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Revue Francaise de Metrologie
Journal Volume
2012-1
Journal Issue
no.29
Journal Page Range
p. 13-24
ISSN
1772-1792

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
44000777
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S73: NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; S97: MATHEMATICAL METHODS AND COMPUTING;
Descriptors DEI
BRAGG GRAY CHAMBERS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CORRECTIONS; DATA COVARIANCES; DEPTH DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRY; E CODES; ELECTRON BEAMS; ENERGY ABSORPTION; KERMA; KINETIC ENERGY; M CODES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; P CODES; PHOTON BEAMS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; VALIDATION
Descriptors DEC
ABSORPTION; BEAMS; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; DOSEMETERS; DOSES; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LEPTON BEAMS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEDICINE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOLOGY; SIMULATION; SORPTION; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; TESTING; THERAPY

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