Evaluation of s values for beta-ray emitters within the urinary bladder

Journal of Nuclear Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2004, Pages 136-139

  Kinase, S ^a   Zankl, M ^b   Funabiki, J ^c   Noguchi, H ^a   Saito, K ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beta ray emitter; MIRD phantom; Monte Carlo simulation; S value; Urinary bladder; Voxel phantom

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010628594     PISSN: 00223131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223131.2004.10875664     Document Type: Article

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