Effect of voxel size when calculating patient specific radionuclide dosimetry estimates using direct Monte Carlo simulation

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 495-503

  Hickson, Kevin J ^a   O’Keefe, Graeme J ^a  

^a AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dose factors; Gate; Monte Carlo; Radionuclide dosimetry; XCAT

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; PHANTOMS; RADIOISOTOPES;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DIRECT MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; DOSE FACTORS; GATE; PATIENT SPECIFIC; XCAT; XCAT PHANTOMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; SCINTISCANNING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 84920709498     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: 18795447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13246-014-0277-6     Document Type: Article

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