A Monte Carlo program converting activity distributions to absorbed dose distributions in a radionuclide treatment planning system

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Tagesson, Magnus ^a   Ljungberg, Michael ^a   Strand, Sven Erik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFERENCE PAPER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029952594     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841869609101653     Document Type: Conference Paper

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