MAX meets ADAM: A dosimetric comparison between a voxel-based and a mathematical model for external exposure to photons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 887-910

  Kramer, R ^a   Vieira, J W ^a   Khoury, H J ^a   de Andrade Lima, F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Regional de Ciências Nucleares CRCN NE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; TISSUE COMPOSITIONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; LUNG; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUSCLE TISSUE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SHIELD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKELETON; SKIN ABSORPTION;

EID: 1642487114     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/6/002     Document Type: Article

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