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

Monte Carlo 2005 Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1325-1336

  Lima, F R A ^a   Kramer, R ^b   Khoury, H J ^b   Dos Santos, A Márcio ^b   Vieira, J W ^c  

^a Centro Regional de Ciencias Nucleares   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Monte Carlo; Radiation protection; Voxel phantoms

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); FUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

DOSE RATIOS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; MONTE CARLO; VOXEL PHANTOMS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33644603556     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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