Validation of the EGS usercode DOSE3D for internal beta dose calculation at the cellular and tissue levels

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2591-2602

  Coulot, J ^a   Ricard, M ^a   Aubert, B ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; DOSIMETRY; RADIOISOTOPES; TISSUE;

BETA EMITTERS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

COPPER 67; IODINE 131; PHOSPHORUS 32; YTTRIUM 90;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CODING; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BETA RAYS; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 0042414002     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/48/16/302     Document Type: Article

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