Monte Carlo generated conversion factors for the estimation of average glandular dose in contact and magnification mammography

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5539-5548

  Koutalonis, M ^a   Delis, H ^a   Spyrou, G ^a,b   Costaridou, L ^a   Tzanakos, G ^c   Panayiotakis, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

AVERAGE GLANDULAR DOSE (AGD); CORRECTION FACTORS; GLANDULAR TISSUE; TUBE VOLTAGE;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; BREAST CANCER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOMETRY; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMARY GLAND; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AIR; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; X-RAY INTENSIFYING SCREENS;

EID: 33751199672     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/21/010     Document Type: Article

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