Consideration of the ICRP 2006 revised tissue weighting factors on age-dependent values of the effective dose for external photons

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-58

  Lee, Choonsik ^a   Lee, Choonik ^a   Han, Eun Young ^b   Bolch, Wesley E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS; RADIOLOGY; TISSUE;

DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; EFFECTIVE DOSES; MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT CODE; SALIVARY GLANDS;

DOSIMETRY;

AGE; ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REFERENCE VALUE; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RISK; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK;

EID: 34247488445     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/1/004     Document Type: Article

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