The elements of tissue-air ratio and systematic error

Medical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1191-1197

  Nizin, P S ^a,b   Bellezza, D M ^a,b   Mooij, R B ^c  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; PHANTOMS; TAR; TISSUE;

ACCUMULATIVE ERRORS; AIR IONIZATION; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; APPROXIMATE METHODS; CORRECTION FACTORS; FINITE DIMENSIONS; LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION; PHOTON BEAMS;

ERRORS;

ARTICLE; ERROR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; X RAY;

EID: 0029900953     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597864     Document Type: Article

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