Electron absorbed fractions in skeletal soft tissues based on red bone marrow segmentation at runtime in μCT images of human trabecular bone

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 99-102

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

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorbed fractions; Human phantoms; Monte Carlo methods; Red bone marrow; Skeletal dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION PROTECTION;

ABSORBED FRACTIONS; BONE MARROW; BONE SURFACE; EQUIVALENT DOSE; HUMAN PHANTOMS; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONE; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; OSTEOGENIC CELLS;

MEDICAL PHYSICS;

EID: 77950168963     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03902-7_29     Document Type: Conference Paper

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