Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport Fundamentals and Advanced Topics
This book is a guide to the use of Monte Carlo techniques in radiation transport. This topic is of great interest for medical physicists. Praised as a "gold standard" for accurate radiotherapy dose calculations, Monte Carlo has stimulated a high level of research activity that has produced...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2017, 2017
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2017 |
| Series: | Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Sampling techniques
- The Boltzmann equation
- Particle trajectories, tallies, variance reduction
- Transport of charged particles
- Microdosimetry. Elements of stochastic transport theory
- Grid based Boltzmann equation solvers
- Appendices