Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 202-208, October 2010

Influence of Geant4 parameters on dose distribution and computation time for carbon ion therapy simulation

  • Nabil Zahra

      Affiliations

    • Université de Lyon, 69622 Lyon, France
    • IPNL-CNRS/IN2P3 UMR 5822, Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, France
    • Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Berard, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Bérard, service de Radiothérapie, 28 rue Laennec, 69 373 Lyon Cedex 08, France. Tel.: +33 4 78 78 51 51; fax: +33 4 78 78 59 98.
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  • Thibault Frisson

      Affiliations

    • Université de Lyon, 69622 Lyon, France
    • IPNL-CNRS/IN2P3 UMR 5822, Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, France
    • Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Berard, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France
    • Creatis LRMN-CNRS UMR 5220, INSERM U 630, INSA, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
    • ,
  • Loic Grevillot

      Affiliations

    • Université de Lyon, 69622 Lyon, France
    • Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Berard, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France
    • Creatis LRMN-CNRS UMR 5220, INSERM U 630, INSA, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
    • IBA, Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium
    • ,
  • Philippe Lautesse

      Affiliations

    • Université de Lyon, 69622 Lyon, France
    • IPNL-CNRS/IN2P3 UMR 5822, Université Lyon1, Villeurbanne, France
    • ,
  • David Sarrut

      Affiliations

    • Université de Lyon, 69622 Lyon, France
    • Centre de lutte contre le cancer Léon Berard, 28 rue Laennec, 69373 Lyon cedex 08, France
    • Creatis LRMN-CNRS UMR 5220, INSERM U 630, INSA, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France

Received 11 September 2009; received in revised form 17 November 2009; accepted 23 December 2009. published online 27 January 2010.

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PII: S1120-1797(10)00002-5

doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.12.001

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 26, Issue 4 , Pages 202-208, October 2010

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