Monte carlo based calculation of patient exposure in x-ray ct-examinations

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 22, Issue , 2008, Pages 2487-2490

  Schmidt, Ralph ^a   Wulff, J ^a   Kastner B ^b   Jany, D ^a   Heverhagen, J T ^b   Fiebich, M ^a   Zink, K ^a  

^a Institut Für Medizinische Physik Und Strahlenschutz Technische Hochschule   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer tomography (CT); Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBER; BEAM SOURCES; COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; CT DATA; CT SCAN; DICOM-RT; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE-VOLUME HISTOGRAMS; ENERGY SPECTRA; FREE SOFTWARE; GENERAL INFORMATION; GENERAL PURPOSE; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; INDIVIDUAL DOSE; IONISATION; MASS DENSITIES; MC SIMULATION; MEAN DOSE; MONTE CARLO; PATIENT ANATOMY; PATIENT DOSE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REGIONS OF INTEREST; SLICE THICKNESS; X-RAY CT;

COMPUTER SYSTEMS; GRAPHIC METHODS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 70350676210     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-89208-3_596     Document Type: Conference Paper

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