Creation of ORNL NURBS-based phantoms: Evaluation of the voxel effect on absorbed doses from radiopharmaceuticals

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 273-281

  Gardumi, Anna ^a   Farah, Jad ^a   Desbrée, Aurélie ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; THYROID GLAND; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; THYROID GLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84873588169     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs103     Document Type: Article

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