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

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2235-2246

  Sato, Tatsuhiko ^a   Endo, Akira ^a   Niita, Koji ^b  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ATOMIC NUMBERS; COMPUTATIONAL PHANTOM; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; DOSE CONVERSION; DOSE ESTIMATIONS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EFFECTIVE DOSE EQUIVALENTS; FLUENCES; HIGH ENERGY; ION IRRADIATION; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; RADIATION QUALITY FACTOR;

ATOMS; COSMOLOGY; LIGHTING FIXTURES; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT;

HEAVY IONS;

HEAVY ION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD;

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

EID: 77950562376     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/8/008     Document Type: Article

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