Effective dose equivalent for point gamma sources located 10 cm near the body

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-118

  Xu, X George ^a   Bushart, Sean ^b   Anderson, Ralph ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Nuclear Energy Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Dosimetry, gamma; Effective dose; Monte Carlo; Phantom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENT; FOOT; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAD; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THIGH;

BODY BURDEN; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33746166005     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000202237.19610.20     Document Type: Article

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