Fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients from monoenergetic neutrons below 20 MeV based on the VIP-Man anatomical model

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3059-3079

  Bozkurt, A ^a   Chao, T C ^a   Xu, X G ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALCULATION; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUTRON; ORGAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033781515     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/10/321     Document Type: Article

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