Monte Carlo Methods for Radiation Transport: Fundamentals and Advanced Topics Softcover Repri Edition Contributor(s): Vassiliev, Oleg N. (Author) |
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ISBN: 3319829939 ISBN-13: 9783319829937 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Science | Radiation - Medical | Diagnostic Imaging - General - Science | Life Sciences - Biophysics |
Dewey: 519 |
Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.93 lbs) 281 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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 thousands of papers within the past few years. The book is designed primarily to address the needs of an academically inclined medical physicist who wishes to learn the technique, as well as experienced users of standard Monte Carlo codes who wish to gain insight into the underlying mathematics of Monte Carlo algorithms. The book focuses on the fundamentals--giving full attention to and explaining the very basic concepts. It also includes advanced topics and covers recent advances such as transport of charged particles in magnetic fields and the grid-based solvers of the Boltzmann equation. |