Implementation of japanese male and female tomographic phantoms to multi-particle monte carlo code for ionizing radiation dosimetry

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 937-945

  Lee, Choonsik ^a   Nagaoka, Tomoaki ^b   Lee, Jai Ki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Japanese; Monte Carlo; Radiation dosimetry; Tomographic phantom

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; IONIZATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; TOMOGRAPHY;

JAPANESE; RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; TOMOGRAPHIC PHANTOM;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33748289490     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/18811248.2006.9711179     Document Type: Article

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