New method of voxel phantom creation: Application for whole-body counting calibration and perspectives in individual internal dose assessment

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 160-164

  de Carlan, Loic ^a   Roch, P ^a   Blanchardon, E ^a   Franck, D ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

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Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; KINETICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 30844452477     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci055     Document Type: Article

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