Comparison between effective doses for voxel-based and stylized exposure models from photon and electron irradiation

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 21, 2005, Pages 5105-5126

  Kramer, R ^a   Khoury, H J ^a   Vieira, J W ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

HUMAN PHANTOMS; MONTE CARLO CODES; VOXEL-BASED PHANTOMS;

DOSIMETRY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 27144478319     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 00319155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/21/011     Document Type: Article

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