Monte Carlo evaluation of CTDI∞ in infinitely long cylinders of water, polyethylene and PMMA with diameters from 10 mm to 500 mm

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2424-2431

  Zhou, Hong ^a   Boone, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; POLYETHYLENES; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAY SPECTROGRAPHS; X RAYS;

CENTER LOCATIONS; CYLINDER DIAMETERS; DOSE COEFFICIENTS; MONOENERGETIC X-RAYS; SCATTERED RADIATIONS; SCATTERED X-RAYS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; X RAY SPECTRUM;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; EVALUATION; MASS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATION; X RAY;

EID: 44349119806     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2921829     Document Type: Article

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