Evaluation of absorbed and effective doses to patients from radiopharmaceuticals using the ICRP 110 reference computational phantoms and ICRP 103 formulation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-159

  Hadid, Lama ^a   Gardumi, Anna ^a   Desbreé, Aurélie ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KINETICS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84883197752     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct049     Document Type: Article

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