Bootstrap resampling: A powerful method of assessing confidence intervals for doses from experimental data

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages

  Iwi, G ^a   Millard, R K ^a,b   Palmer, A M ^a   Preece, A W ^a   Saunders, M ^a  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THYROID GLAND;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREGNANCY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033004966     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/4/021     Document Type: Article

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