Year: 1983
Type: article
Abstract: Monte Carlo simulations of photon transport phenomena require random selection of an interaction process at each collision site along the photon track. The possible choices are usually limited to photoelectric absorption and incoherent scatter as approximated by the Klein-Nishina distribution. Coherent scattering events are usually ignored. One reason for this omission is the lack of documentation in the medical physics literature concerning an efficient and accurate procedure for sampling the coherent angular scatter distribution. The authors describe a technique to accomplish this task. Although similar methods have been described elsewhere (Cashwell et al. 1973, Chan 1981), the authors feel this technique should be made more easily available to the medical physics community.
Source: Physics in Medicine and Biology
Authors: J F Williamson, R L Morin
Institution: University of Minnesota
Language: English
Subfield: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G1497297577
OpenAlex ID: W2088700811