Investigation into the relationship between body surface area and total body potassium using Monte Carlo and measurement

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 789-800

  Rogers, J A ^a   Blake James, M ^b   Green, S ^a   Beddoe, A H ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; POTASSIUM; TOXICITY;

BODY HABITUS EFFECTS;

CHEMOTHERAPY;

POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM 40;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERROR; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TOTAL BODY POTASSIUM; TOXICITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VOLUNTEER; WHOLE BODY COUNTER; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BODY SURFACE AREA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POTASSIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037034575     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/47/5/307     Document Type: Article

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