Monte Carlo model of positron transport in water: Track structures based on atomic and molecular scattering data for positrons

Gustavo Garcia; Zoran Lj Petrović; Ronald White; Stephen Buckman

doi:10.1109/TPS.2011.2166790

Monte Carlo model of positron transport in water: Track structures based on atomic and molecular scattering data for positrons

Gustavo Garcia^*, Zoran Lj Petrović, Ronald White, Stephen Buckman

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This paper is aimed at understanding, and visualizing, the fate of the high-energy positrons in the body as they lose energy and thermalize through collisions before annihilating. It provides information on the spatial extent of their transport from the site of emission and the potential damage that can be caused along these tracks. It has ramifications for positron emission tomography and for charged particle dosimetry in general.

Original language	English
Article number	6032112
Pages (from-to)	2962-2963
Number of pages	2
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume	39
Issue number	11 PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TPS.2011.2166790
Publication status	Published - Nov 2011

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