DOSIS: A Monte Carlo simulation program for dose related studies in mammography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 371-376

  Delis, H ^a   Spyrou, G ^a,b   Panayiotakis, G ^a   Tzanakos, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Mammography; Monte Carlo; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

MAMMOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION; SIMULATION MODEL; SURFACE DOSE; WATER PHANTOM;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVALUATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 19344362247     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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