SAF values for internal photon emitters calculated for the RPI-P pregnant-female models using Monte Carlo methods

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3215-3224

  Shi, C Y ^a   Xu, X George ^b   Stabin, Michael G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Photon; Pregnant woman; SAF; Tomographic model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHOTONS;

BOUNDARY REPRESENTATIONS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; INTERNAL RADIATION DOSE; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; PREGNANT WOMAN; REALISTIC GEOMETRY; SURFACE GEOMETRIES; TOMOGRAPHIC;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

EID: 46149093720     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2936414     Document Type: Article

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