The EPRI EDE Calculator - A software package for assessing effective dose equivalent from hot particles on the skin

Health Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 373-378

  Xu, X George ^a   Su, H ^a   Bushart, Sean ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective dose; Hot particles; Phantom; Photons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATOR; COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENERGY RESOURCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; SOFTWARE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 33748658674     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000221461.88395.12     Document Type: Article

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