InTech, 2011. — 438 p.In an attempt to focus attention on a manageable set of applications, the main thrust of this book is to emphasize applications of Monte Carlo simulation methods in biology and medicine. This volume is an eclectic mix of applications of Monte Carlo methods in many fields of research should not be surprising, because of the ubiquitous use of these methods in many fields of human endeavor.
Contents
Bias Monte Carlo Methods in Environmental Engineering
Monte-Carlo Simulation of a Multi-Dimensional Switch-Like Model of Stem Cell Differentiation
Application of Monte Carlo Simulation and Voxel Models to Internal Dosimetry
Applications of Monte Carlo Simulation in Modelling of Biochemical Processes
Applications to Development of PET/SPECT System by Use of Geant4
Applying Dynamic Monte Carlo Simulation for Living Free Radical Polymerization Processes: Emphasis on Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization (ATRP)
Monte Carlo Simulations for Beam Delivery Line Design in Radiation Therapy with Heavy Ion Beams
A Monte Carlo Simulation for the Construction of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Repertoire
Application of Monte Carlo Simulation in Treatment Planning for Radiation Oncology
Dosimetric Characteristics of the Brachytherapy Sources Based on Monte Carlo Method
Evaluation of the Respiratory Motion Effect in Small Animal PET Images with GATE Monte Carlo Simulations
Fiber-optic Raman Probe Coupled with a Ball Lens for Improving Depth-resolved Raman Measurements of Epithelial Tissue: Monte Carlo Simulations
Monte Carlo Simulations of Powerful Neutron Interaction with Matter for the Goals of Disclosure of Hidden Explosives and Fissile Materials and for Treatment of Cancer Diseases versus their Experimental Verifications
HERWIG: a Monte Carlo Program for QCD at LHC
Monte Carlo Simulation of TLD Response Function: Scatterd Radiation Application
Monte Carlo Implementations of Two Sex Density Dependent Branching Processes and their Applications in Evolutionary Genetics
Monte Carlo Modeling of Light Propagation in Neonatal Skin
Monte-Carlo Simulation of Ionizing Radiation Tracks
Monte Carlo Simulation Tool of Evanescent Waves Spectroscopy Fiber - Optic Probe for Medical Applications (FOPS 3D)
Strain Effects in p-type Devices using Full-Band Monte Carlo Simulations
Utilizing Monte Carlo Simulation for Valuation: the Case of Barrier Options under Stochastic Interest Rates
A rapidly Mixing Monte Carlo Method for the Simulation of Slow Molecular Processes
