Effective dose ratios for tomographic and stylized models from external exposure to photons

Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1289-1300

  Kramer, R ^a   Khoury, H J ^a   Vieira, J W ^b   Yoriyaz, H ^c   Lima, F R A ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b University Cidade   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^d Centro Regional de Ciencias Nucleares   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Monte Carlo; Radiation protection; Voxel phantoms

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY;

EFFECTIVE DOSE; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION (ICRP); VOXEL PHANTOMS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33644591486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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