An image-based rat model for Monte Carlo organ dose calculations

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3759-3764

  Wu, Li ^a   Zhang, Guozhi ^a   Luo, Qingming ^a   Liu, Qian ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Monte Carlo; Organ dose; Voxel

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; TISSUE;

ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; DOSE ASSESSMENTS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; IRRADIATION CONDITIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; ORGAN DOSE; VOXEL;

RATS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; DOSE CALCULATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; SIMULATION;

RATTUS;

EID: 48349118046     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2952647     Document Type: Article

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