Absorbed fractions in a voxel-based phantom calculated with the MCNP-4B code

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1555-1562

  Yoriyaz, Hélio ^a   Dos Santos, Adimir ^a   Stabin, Michael G ^b   Cabezas, Roberto ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Internal dosimetry; Monte Carlo simulations; Voxel based phantom

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DOSE ESTIMATES; ENERGY DEPOSITIONS; MATHEMATICAL PHANTOMS; PATIENT SPECIFIC; RADIATION TRANSPORT; REFERENCE VALUES; VOXEL-BASED PHANTOMS;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033861906     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.599021     Document Type: Article

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