Métodos de Simulação de Transporte de Radiação

Bibliografia

 
Livros

 

Monte Carlo Methods, Vol I: Basics, M Kalos e P Whitlock, John Wiley and Sons 1986

 

A primer for the Monte Carlo Method, I Sobol, CRC Press 1994

 

Numerical Recipes, W. H. Press et al., Cambridge Univ. Press (www.nr.com)

 

Random Number Generation and Monte Carlo Methods, J E Gentle, Springer 2003

 

Monte Carlo Calculations in Nuclear Medicine – Applications in Diagnostic Imaging, editado por M Ljungberg e S E Strand, Institute of Physics Publishing 1998

 

Monte Carlo Transport of Electrons and Photons, ed T.M. Jenkins, W.R.Nelson & A.Rindi, Plenum Press, NY, 1988

 

Textos/ Manuais

 

PENELOPE – A Code System for Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport,  F Salvat, J Fernández-Varea, E Acosta, J Sempau, Workshop Proceedings Issy-les-Moulineaux, France, 5-7 Nov. 2001, ed. Nuclear Energy Agency

 

Fundamentals of the Monte Carlo method for neutral and charged particle transport, Alex F. Bielajew,     http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~bielajew

 

Artigos

 

 

Monte Carlo Theory and Practice, F. James, Rep on Prog. in Phys. 43 (1980) 1145

 

A simple algorithm for the transport of gamma rays in a medium, F. Arqueros and GD Montesinos, Am. J. Phys. 71 (2003) 38

 

ATEN, a didactic program to study gamma radiation attenuation through matter, J Paniagua et al., Eur. J. Phys. 16 (1995) 49-57

 

Monte Carlo simulation of neutron thermalization in matter, L Peralta, Eur. J. Phy. 23 (2002) 307

 

Diffusion of neutrons by a slab of moderating material: an application of the Monte Carlo method, M C Capizzo et al., Eur. J.  Phy. 26 (2005) 85-95

 

 

Condensed-history Monte-Carlo simulation for charged particles: what can it do for us? A. Nahum, Radiat Environ Biophys (1999) 38:163–173

 

 

Practical aspects of Monte Carlo simulation of charged particle transport:

Mixed algorithms and variance reduction techniques, F. Salvat, J. M. Fernández-Varea, J. Sempau, J. Mazurier, Radiat Environ Biophys (1999) 38: 15–22

Basic aspects of photon transport through matter with respect to track structure formation, B. Grosswendt, Radiat Environ Biophys (1999) 38:147–161

 

DPM, a fast, accurate Monte Carlo code optimized for photon and electron radiotherapy treatment planning dose calculations, Josep Sempau, Scott J Wilderman and Alex F Bielajew,  Phys. Med. Biol. 45 (2000) 2263–2291.