Skeletal dosimetry for external exposures to photons based on μcT images of spongiosa: Consideration of voxel resolution, cluster size, and medullary bone surfaces

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5007-5016

  Kramer, R ^a   Khoury, H J ^a   Vieira, J W ^b,c   Brown, K A Robson ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b Centro Federal de Educa ão Tecnológica de Pernambuco   (Brazil)

^c Escola Polit cnica   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human phantoms; Monte Carlo method; Skeletal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS;

CLUSTER SIZES; CORTICAL BONE; EQUIVALENT DOSE; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN PHANTOMS; INCIDENT PHOTON ENERGY; RADIATION TRANSPORT; TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DOSIMETRY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 70350709734     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3242266     Document Type: Article

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