Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray buildup factors of lead and its applications in shielding of diagnostic x-ray facilities

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1398-1404

  Kharrati, Hedi ^a   Agrebi, Amel ^b   Karaoui, Mohamed Karim ^b  

^a University of Monastir   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Broad beam transmission; Buildup factor; Lead barrier; Monte Carlo simulation; X ray

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; SHIELDING; TRANSMISSIONS;

BROAD BEAMS; BUILDUP FACTOR; COMPUTER CODES; ITS APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO N PARTICLES; THREE PARAMETERS; X-RAY SPECTRA;

X RAYS;

ARTICLE; FILTER; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; X RAY;

EID: 34147161102     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2710333     Document Type: Article

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