Direct action of radiation on mummified cells: Modeling of computed tomography by Monte Carlo algorithms

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 397-410

  Wanek, Johann ^a,b   Speller, Robert ^b   Rühli, Frank Jakobus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Cell shrinkage; CT imaging; Monte Carlo simulation; Target theory

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; IONIZING RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DAMAGE; SHRINKAGE; TISSUE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAYS;

ANCIENT DNAS; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; CELL-SHRINKAGE; CT IMAGING; IMAGING TECHNOLOGY; MONTE CARLO ALGORITHMS; MONTE CARLO MODEL; X RAY IRRADIATION;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BONE; CELL NUCLEUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALEOPATHOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL; DEVICES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; BONE AND BONES; CELL NUCLEUS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MUMMIES; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84880925181     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-013-0471-z     Document Type: Article

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