Radiation quality of photons in small and large receptors - A microdosimetric analysis

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 238-242

  Chen, Jing ^a   Roos, Hartmut ^b   Kellerer, Albrecht M ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON RADIATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICRODOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; PROCESS MODEL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RAT; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 33745714337     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci344     Document Type: Article

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