Dose conversion coefficients for photon exposure of the human eye lens

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 415-437

  Behrens, R ^a   Dietze, G ^b  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR KERMA; CONVERSION COEFFICIENTS; CURRENT CONVERSION; DOSE CONVERSION; DOSE EQUIVALENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; EQUIVALENT DOSE; EYE LENS; EYE MODEL; FLUENCES; HUMAN EYE; HUMAN HEAD; INNER STRUCTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION ON RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTIONS; KERMA APPROXIMATION; PHOTON ENERGY; PHOTON RADIATION; REALISTIC MODEL; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; WHOLE BODY;

PHOTONS; RADIOLOGY;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LENS; PHOTON; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 79551699136     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/2/009     Document Type: Article

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