Fluence-to-dose conversion coefficients for neutrons and protons calculated using the PHITS code and ICRP/ICRU adult reference computational phantoms

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1997-2014

  Sato, Tatsuhiko ^a   Endo, Akira ^a   Zankl, Maria ^b   Petoussi Henss, Nina ^b   Niita, Koji ^c  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOMS; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; DOSE CONVERSIONS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENTS; FEMALE ADULTS; FLUENCE; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RADIATION QUALITY FACTORS; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

ATOMS; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; PROTONS;

RADIATION PROTECTION;

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BREAST; CALCULATION; CONVERSION COEFFICIENT; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FLUENCE; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON; NEUTRON RADIATION; PARAMETER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIATION; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION PROTECTION; SIMULATION; SKIN; STOMACH;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; NEUTRONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 63649107293     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/7/009     Document Type: Article

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