Chord-based versus voxel-based methods of electron transport in the skeletal tissues

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3151-3159

  Shah, Amish P ^a   Jokisch, Derek W ^b   Rajon, Didier A ^c   Watchman, Christopher J ^a   Patton, Phillip W ^d   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FRANCIS MARION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed fraction; Bone marrow; Chord based radiation transport; Skeletal dosimetry; Voxel based radiation transport

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TRAJECTORIES;

ABSORBED FRACTION; BONE MARROW; ELECTRON TRAJECTORIES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; RADIATION PARTICLES; RADIATION TRANSPORT; UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS;

TISSUE;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE MARROW; BONE TISSUE; CADAVER; CHORD BASED DOSIMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE; VOXEL BASED DOSIMETRY;

EID: 27244448020     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2040712     Document Type: Article

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