Evaluation of specific absorbed fractions from internal photon sources in ORNL analytical adult phantom

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 427-431

  Hakimabad, Hashem Miri ^a   Motavalli, Lalle Rafat ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERNEL METHOD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MODELS AND PHANTOMS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PROCESS DESIGN; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY; UNCERTAINTY;

ABSORPTION; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 45149101217     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm442     Document Type: Article

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