PENELOPE: SPECIFIC FEATURES AND APPLICATIONS

摘要

Specific features of the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE, which are either implemented in the current public version 2001 or have been recently developed to be introduced in future releases of the code, are briefly described. Results from simulations of various practical problems are also reviewed: dosimetry of beta sources for intravascular brachytherapy, X-ray generation by keV electron bombardment and dose distributions in water from MeV photon and electron beams.