Assessment of MIRD data for internal dosimetry using the GATE Monte Carlo code

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 441-450

  Parach, Ali Asghar ^a   Rajabi, Hossein ^a   Askari, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL PHANTOMS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHOTON ENERGY; VOXEL PHANTOMS;

ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE;

PHOTONS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

ABSORPTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC;

EID: 79961209018     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-011-0370-0     Document Type: Article

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