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The MC method …
Choosing interaction site.
The probability that a photon interacts within dx after travelling a distance x is
μexp( μx) so that:
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Choosing interaction type.
Interaction type is a discrete
random variable of i values so that
P
i
=μ
i
/μ
total
.
So given r, I choose interaction j so that:
j= min{ j:
}
Figure from: Venselaar Baltas Meigooni Hoskin (Eds)
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,
,
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Comprehensive Brachytehrapy: physical and clinical
aspects. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, © 2013