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Electron pencil beams have become an important research tool in different applications of electron dosimetry. The simplified configuration needed to perform Monte Carlo calculations of electron pencil beams contrasts with the increasing degree of sophistication of special-purpose simulations that follow as closely as possible certain geometrical configurations. Most of the existing calculations on pencil beams are based on a detailed simulation of electron transport, but they are usually obtained in an homogeneous medium (water in most of the cases) and very little computational effort is required to scored the desired distributions.
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Andreo, P. (1988). Electron Pencil-Beam Calculations. In: Jenkins, T.M., Nelson, W.R., Rindi, A. (eds) Monte Carlo Transport of Electrons and Photons. Ettore Majorana International Science Series, vol 38. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1059-4_20
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