Published June 2005 | Version v1
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Monte Carlo calculation of normalized glandular dose in mammography

Creators

  • 1. National Yang-Ming Univ., Taipei, Taiwan (China)
  • 2. National Radiation Standard Laboratory, Inst. of Nuclear Energy Research, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan (CN)

Description

To get the dose evaluation in mammography be executed more easily, Monte Carlo simulation (EGS4-LSCAT) is utilized to calculate normalized glandular dose for mammographic x-ray spectra of wide ranges. Normalized glandular dose is just mean glandular dose, which is the most relevant indicator of risk in mammography, normalized to entrance surface dose. Clinically, entrance surface dose can be measured easily and mean glandular dose comes out after entrance surface dose being multiplied by normalized glandular dose. This study aims to establish a table of normalized glandular dose for different beam qualities (different half-value layers). (author)

Part of:
Proceedings of the third international workshop on EGS

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Title
Proceedings of the third international workshop on EGS
Imprint Pagination
341 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 298-307
Report number
KEK-PROC--2005-3

Conference

Title
3. international workshop on EGS
Dates
2-6 Aug 2004
Place
Tsukuba, Ibaraki (Japan)

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
38043974
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY; S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONVERSION; E CODES; EVALUATION; MAMMARY GLANDS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSES; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY SPECTRA
Descriptors DEC
BODY; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DIMENSIONS; DOSES; GLANDS; ORGANS; SIMULATION; SPECTRA

Optional Information

Notes
2 refs., 16 figs., 3 tabs.