Personal dose equivalent conversion coefficients for photons to 1 GEV

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 28-35

  Veinot, K G ^a   Hertel, N E ^b  

^a Y 12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 79954455149     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq380     Document Type: Article

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