Title :
Cross section improvements for EGSnrc
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Nat. Meas. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The inclusion of spin effects for electron/positron elastic scattering, binding effects for incoherent photon scattering and atomic relaxations into EGSnrc is described. The effects of these improvements on calculated depth-dose curves and plane-parallel chamber calculations is presented
Keywords :
Compton effect; Monte Carlo methods; dosimetry; electron transport theory; medical computing; photon transport theory; radiation therapy; EGSnrc code; Monte Carlo simulations; atomic relaxations; binding effects; bound Compton scattering; cross section improvements; depth-dose curves; electron-positron elastic scattering; incoherent photon scattering; partial wave analysis; particle transport simulation; plane-parallel chamber calculations; radiotherapy treatment planning; spin effects; Aluminum; Copper; Councils; Electrons; History; Light scattering; Measurement standards; Particle scattering; Positrons; Scattering parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6465-1
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900399
