A method to obtain mean organ doses in a RANDO phantom

Health Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-244

  Scalzetti, Ernest M ^a   Huda, Walter ^b   Bhatt, Shashank ^a   Ogden, Kent M ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Dose, organ; Dosimetry; Phantom

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE;

BODY BURDEN; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 52049110761     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000310997.09116.e3     Document Type: Article

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