RADAR reference adult, pediatric, and pregnant female phantom series for internal and external dosimetry

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1807-1813

  Stabin, Michael G ^a   Xu, X George ^b   Emmons, Mary A ^a   Segars, W Paul ^c   Shi, Chengyu ^b   Fernald, Michael J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational phantoms; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo calculations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ESOPHAGUS; EYE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; PHANTOM; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RADIATION ABSORPTION; SALIVARY GLAND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 84868314647     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.112.106138     Document Type: Article

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