A computational tool based on voxel geometry for dose reconstruction of a radiological accident due to external exposure

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 449-454

  Lemosquet, A ^a   Clairand, Isabelle ^a   de Carlan, L ^a   Franck, D ^a   Aubineau Laniece I ^a   Bottollier Depois, J F ^a  

^a Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON; NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR REACTORS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 4644302251     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch238     Document Type: Article

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