Photon extremity absorbed dose and kerma conversion coefficients for calibration geometries

Health Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Veinot, K G ^a   Hertel, N E ^b  

^a Y 12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose, absorbed; Dosimetry, personnel; Extremities; Photons

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60;

ARM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; WRIST; X RAY SPECTROMETRY;

BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTREMITIES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 33846227074     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000243165.43316.78     Document Type: Article

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