Skeletal dosimetry in the MAX06 and the FAX06 phantoms for external exposure to photons based on vertebral 3D-microCT images

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 6265-6289

  Kramer, R ^a   Khoury, H J ^a   Vieira, J W ^b,c   Kawrakow, I ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS;

CORTICAL BONE; PHOTON RADIATION; RED BONE MARROW (RBM); SKELETONS;

DOSIMETRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICAL BONE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; FAX06 PHANTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MALE; MAX06 PHANTOM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; TRABECULAR BONE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 33846883307     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/24/001     Document Type: Article

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