Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Chapter 13
Monte Carlo Methods to Model Radiation
Interactions and Induced Damage
Antonio Mu noz, Martina C. Fuss, M.A. Cortes-Giraldo, Sebastien Incerti,
Vladimir Ivanchenko, Anton Ivanchenko, J.M. Quesada, Francesc Salvat,
Christophe Champion, and Gustavo Garcıa G omez-Tejedor
Abstract
This review is devoted to the analysis of some Monte Carlo (MC)
simulation programmes which have been developed to describe radiation interaction
with biologically relevant materials. Current versions of the MC codes Geant4 (GE-
ometry ANd Tracking 4), PENELOPE (PENetration and Energy Loss of Positrons
