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ArticleZeitschrift fur medizinische Physik2026

Monte Carlo calculations of target fragments from helium and carbon ion interactions with water.

Quazi Muhammad Rashed Nizam, Asif Ahmed, Iftekhar Ahmed, Lembit Sihver

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Article in Zeitschrift fur medizinische Physik, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Helium pencil beam commissioning and beam modeling.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Quazi Muhammad Rashed NizamDepartment of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh. Electronic address: rnizam.physics@cu.ac.bd.
Asif AhmedDepartment of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Iftekhar AhmedDepartment of Physics, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Lembit SihverDepartment of Radiation Physics, Atominstitut, Technische Universität Wien, Stadionallee 2, 1020 Vienna, Austria; Department of Informatics and Engineering Systems, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA; Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858-4353, USA; Royal Military College of Canada, PO Box 17000, Station Forces, Kingston, ON K7K 7B4, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When high energetic heavy ions interact with any target, short range, high linear energy transfer (LET) target fragments are produced. These target fragments (TFs) can give a significant dose to the healthy tissue during heavy ion cancer therapy, and when cosmic radiation interacts with astronauts. This paper presents Monte Carlo simulations, using the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS), to characterize target fragments from reactions of helium and carbon ions with water. The calculated ranges, LET, doses, and production cross sections are presented. It is shown that protons, deuterons, tritons, alpha particles,

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CarbonHeliumMonte Carlo MethodWaterComputer SimulationHeavy Ion RadiotherapyHeavy IonsHumansIonsLinear Energy TransferCarbonHeliumIonsWaterHeavy ion therapyMonte Carlo simulationPHITSSpace radiationTarget fragments

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PMID39393948
PMCPMC12901516

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