The suitability of introducing molecular interference effects into coherent scattering phenomenology is considered here in the case of X and gamma photon transport in biological tissues. In order to make its implementation practicable in most of the existing open user Monte Carlo codes, a self-consistent basic set of tabulations for the linear differential scattering coefficient was proposed. The tabulations were critically reviewed by testing their validity over the entire range of the momentum transfer variable from 0 to 1010 nm-1. Implementation in three different Monte Carlo codes was performed, and they proved to be reliable.
Molecular coherent scattering data for tissue in photon transport Monte Carlo codes / Tartari A.; Bonifazzi Claudio; Fernandez J.E.; Bastiano M.; Casnati E.; Baraldi Claudio; Di Domenico Giovanni. - In: APPLIED RADIATION AND ISOTOPES. - ISSN 0969-8043. - STAMPA. - 53:4-5(2000), pp. 901-906. [10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00249-9]
Molecular coherent scattering data for tissue in photon transport Monte Carlo codes
Fernandez J. E.Membro del Collaboration Group
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2000
Abstract
The suitability of introducing molecular interference effects into coherent scattering phenomenology is considered here in the case of X and gamma photon transport in biological tissues. In order to make its implementation practicable in most of the existing open user Monte Carlo codes, a self-consistent basic set of tabulations for the linear differential scattering coefficient was proposed. The tabulations were critically reviewed by testing their validity over the entire range of the momentum transfer variable from 0 to 1010 nm-1. Implementation in three different Monte Carlo codes was performed, and they proved to be reliable.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
