Standing adult human phantoms based on 10th, 50th and 90th mass and height percentiles of male and female Caucasian populations

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3749-3772

  Cassola, V F ^a   Milian, F M ^b   Kramer, R ^a   De Oliveira Lira, C A B ^a   Khoury, H J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIANS; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN BODIES; HUMAN PHANTOMS; INTERNAL EXPOSURE; MASS SCALING; RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION; RADIOSENSITIVE ORGANS; SCATTER RADIATION; SUBCUTANEOUS ADIPOSE TISSUES; TARGET PARAMETER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ERGONOMICS; HISTOLOGY; RADIOLOGY;

TISSUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POSTURE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960370836     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/13/002     Document Type: Article

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