Electron absorbed fractions of energy and S-values in an adult human skeleton based on μcT images of trabecular bone

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1803-1836

  Kramer, R ^a   Richardson, R B ^b   Cassola, V F ^a   Vieira, J W ^c,d   Khoury, H J ^a   De O Lira, C A B ^a   Brown, K Robson ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO FEDERAL DE EDUCAÇÃO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; IONIZING RADIATION;

ABSORBED DOSE; BETA EMITTERS; ENERGY; ENERGY VALUE; EXPOSED TO; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN SKELETON; S VALUES; SKELETAL TISSUES; TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; BONE MARROW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952956205     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/6/018     Document Type: Article

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