CNMAN: A Chinese adult male voxel phantom constructed from color photographs of a visible anatomical data set

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-136

  Zhang, Binquan ^a   Ma, Jizeng ^a,c   Liu, Liye ^a   Cheng, Jianping ^b  

^a CHINA INSTITUTE FOR RADIATION PROTECTION   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINA INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC ENERGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CADAVER; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN; PHANTOM; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; TISSUE; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLOR; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTOGRAPHY; RADIATION PROTECTION; VISIBLE HUMAN PROJECTS;

EID: 37449001436     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm184     Document Type: Article

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