Response functions for computing absorbed dose to skeletal tissues from photon irradiation - An update

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2347-2365

  Johnson, Perry B ^a   Bahadori, Amir A ^a   Eckerman, Keith F ^b   Lee, Choonsik ^c   Bolch, Wesley E ^d  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; DOSE ENHANCEMENT FACTORS; DOSE RESPONSE; MASS ENERGY; MEAN ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCES; MICRO CT; PERCENTAGE POINTS; PHOTON FLUENCE; PHOTON IRRADIATION; REFERENCE DATA; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; SECONDARY ELECTRONS; SELF-IRRADIATION; SKELETAL TISSUES; TARGET TISSUES; TRABECULAR BONES;

BONE; HISTOLOGY; IRRADIATION; PHOTONS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDARD;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953718457     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/8/002     Document Type: Article

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