MIRDOSE: Personal computer software for internal dose assessment in nuclear medicine

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 538-546

  Stabin, Michael G ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

Author keywords

computers; internal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; MICROCOMPUTER; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROCOMPUTERS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0030002992     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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