Comparison of point, line and volume dose calculations for exposure to nuclear medicine therapy patients

Health Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-190

  De Carvalho Jr , Albérico B ^a   Stabin, Michael G ^b   Siegel, Jeffry A ^c   Hunt, John ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nuclear Physics Enterprises   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE RADIOPROTEÇÃO E DOSIMETRIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Medical radiation; Monte Carlo; Nuclear medicine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTHYROIDISM; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSE; THYROID TUMOR;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78651369238     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181eacf38     Document Type: Article

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