MCNPX internal dosimetry studies based on the NORMAN-05 voxel model

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 209-213

  Ferrari, Paolo ^a   Gualdrini, G ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARDIZATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RADIATION DOSAGE; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 49649102968     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm273     Document Type: Article

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