Effective atomic numbers for photon energy absorption and photon attenuation of tissues from human organs

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-9

  Shivaramu, ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Effective atomic numbers; Medical imaging; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BLOOD; BRAIN TISSUE; BREAST; CALCULATION; CORTICAL BONE; ENERGY; HUMAN; LENS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; OVARY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; TESTIS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BLOOD; BRAIN; BREAST; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LUNG; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PHOTONS;

EID: 0036223920     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-3947(01)00078-4     Document Type: Article

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