The application of voxel phantoms to the internal dosimetry of radionuclides

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 539-548

  Zankl, M ^a   Petoussi Henss, N ^a   Fill, U ^a   Regulla, D ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 123; PERTECHNETIC ACID TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTANTS AND COEFFICIENTS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0141744971     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006299     Document Type: Article

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