The development and application of the visible Chinese human model for Monte Carlo dose calculations

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-125

  Zhang, Guozhi ^b   Luo, Qingming ^b   Zeng, Shaoqun ^b   Liu, Qian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dose assessment; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Phantom

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHINESE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDING; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECT;

ADULT; CHINA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 36949039788     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000285256.48498.b4     Document Type: Article

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