Estimation of Dose Absorbed Fraction for 131I-beta rays in Rat Thyroid

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 223-230

  Endo, Satoru ^a   Nitta, Yumiko ^a   Ohtaki, Megu ^a   Takada, Jun ^a   Stepanenko, Vareli ^b   Komatsu, Kenshi ^a   Tauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuura, Synya ^a   Iaskova, E ^b   Hoshi, Masaharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Absorbed fraction; Iodine 131; Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) method; Monte Carlo N Particles Transport Code (MCNP); Thyroid dose

Indexed keywords

ENERGY DISSIPATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IODINE; RATS; SPHERES;

ABSORBED FRACTION; BETA RAYS; EFFECTIVE DIAMETER; INTERNAL RADIATION DOSE; IODINE-131; MEDICAL INTERNAL RADIATION DOSE METHOD; MONTE CARLO N-PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODE; PARTICLE TRANSPORT CODES; SPHERICAL VOLUME; THYROID DOSE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANIMALIA;

IODINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GAMMA RADIATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RAT; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR;

ANIMALS; BETA RAYS; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; IODINE; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT; RATS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032150506     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.39.223     Document Type: Article

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