A three-dimensional transport model for determining absorbed fractions of energy for electrons within trabecular bone

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1947-1966

  Bouchet, Lionel G ^a   Jokisch, Derek W ^a   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed fractions; Dosimetry; EGS4; Monte Carlo transport; Trabecular bone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CASE REPORT; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE;

ADULT; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032694041     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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