Tally and geometry definition influence on the computing time in radiotherapy treatment planning with MCNP Monte

B Juste1, R Miro, S Gallardo

  • 1Dept. de Ingenieria Quimica y Nucl., Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Valèncial, Spain.

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