Dosimetric comparison of Monte Carlo codes (EGS4, MCNP, MCNPX) considering external and internal exposures of the Zubal phantom to electron and photon sources

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 116, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 631-635

  Chiavassa, Sophie ^a,c   Lemosquet, A ^a   Aubineau Laniece I ^a   de Carlan, L ^a   Clairand, I ^a   Ferrer, L ^d   Bardies M ^c   Franck, D ^a   Zankl, M ^b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d CRLCC Nantes Antlantiques   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IODINE 131;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER; LUNG; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPLEEN; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE VALIDATION;

EID: 30844467996     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci063     Document Type: Article

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