A Monte Carlo tool for micro-CT dose assessment

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 338-341

  Deak, P ^a   Kalender, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dose; Micro CT; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DIAGNOSIS; IONIZING RADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; WATER FILTRATION;

DOSE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; MICRO COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (MICRO-CT); MICRO CT; SMALL ANIMAL IMAGING; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; WATER EQUIVALENT PHANTOMS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77950911777     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03879-2_96     Document Type: Conference Paper

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