Monte Carlo simulation of x-ray spectra in diagnostic radiology and mammography using MCNP4C

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4897-4917

  Ay, M R ^a,b   Shahriari, M ^c   Sarkar, S ^d   Adib, M ^e   Zaidi, H ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e GE Medical Systems   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ENERGY RANGES; X-RAY SPECTRA;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; X RAY;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; X-RAYS;

EID: 8544271686     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/21/004     Document Type: Article

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