Japanese adult male voxel phantom constructed on the basis of CT images

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Sato, K ^a   Noguchi, H ^a   Emoto, Y ^b   Koga, S ^b   Saito, K ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 34447300721     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl101     Document Type: Article

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