On the biological basis for competing macroscopic dose descriptors for kilovoltage dosimetry: Cellular dosimetry for brachytherapy and diagnostic radiology

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1123-1150

  Thomson, R M ^a   Tedgren, Å Carlsson ^b,c   Williamson, J F ^d  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE; ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; BIOLOGICAL BASIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BULK TISSUE; CELL CLUSTERS; CELL MODEL; CELL MORPHOLOGY; CELLULAR MODEL; CELLULAR MORPHOLOGY; CELLULAR TARGETS; DESCRIPTORS; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; ENERGY IMPARTED; INORGANIC ELEMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; LOWER ENERGIES; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; MASS FRACTION; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; PHOTON SOURCES; PROTEIN COMPONENTS; RELATIVE MASS; SOFT TISSUE; SUBCELLULAR STRUCTURE; SUBCELLULAR TARGETS;

CELLS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PROTEINS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

CYTOLOGY;

WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASM; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEOPLASMS; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WATER;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873663102     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/58/4/1123     Document Type: Article

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