Backscatter factors and mass energy-absorption coefficient ratios for diagnostic radiology dosimetry

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 7179-7204

  Benmakhlouf, Hamza ^a,b   Bouchard, Hugo ^c   Fransson, Annette ^a   Andreo, Pedro ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE DIFFERENCE; BACK-SCATTERED; CLINICAL USE; COEFFICIENT RATIOS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; FIELD SIZE; FLUENCES; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PENELOPE; PHOTON SPECTRA; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; SURFACE DOSE; WATER PHANTOM; WEIGHTED AVERAGING; X-RAY TECHNIQUES;

ABSORPTION; BACKSCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTONS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; X RAY;

ABSORPTION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; X-RAYS;

EID: 80155173388     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/22/012     Document Type: Article

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