Fluence-to-absorbed-dose conversion coefficients for neutron beams from 0.001 eV to 100 GeV calculated for a set of pregnant female and fetus models

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1425-1446

  Taranenko, Valery ^a   Xu, X George ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN FORM MODELS;

ABSORBED DOSE CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; ANATOMICAL MODELS; NEUTRON EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

NEUTRON BEAMS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CALCULATION; ENERGY; ENERGY TRANSFER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON THERAPY; ORGAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; PREGNANCY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 42649141930     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/5/017     Document Type: Article

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