An investigation into the impact of anatomical variation upon mean glandular dose produced within a standard breast

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 53-63

  Wilkinson, L E ^a   Heggie, J C P ^a   Johnston, P M ^b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glandular Composition; MGD; Monte Carlo; Risk; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BREAST; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN; STANDARD;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN;

MEAN GLANDULAR DOSE (MGD);

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; HEALTH RISKS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033237780     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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