Published October 1988
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Journal article
Effects of adult human tissue composition on the dosimetry of photons and electrons
Description
A reassessment of the composition of several types of adult human tissues has been completed. Principal findings relating to the compositions of 30 selected tissues will be discussed and comparisons with previously reported data will be highlighted. The effects of tissue composition on the dosimetry of photons and electrons are evaluated by considering attenuation and energy absorption coefficients for photons and the stopping and scattering powers of electrons over the energy interval 0.01-50 MeV. Calculated results for the tissues compared to pure water are presented
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Health Physics
- Journal Volume
- 55
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Health Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 653-663
- ISSN
- 0017-9078
- CODEN
- HLTPA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 20026287
- Subject category
- S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ADULTS; ATTENUATION; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRON DOSIMETRY; EVALUATION; MAN; RADIATION DOSES; SCATTERING; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS; TISSUES; WATER
- Descriptors DEC
- ANIMALS; BODY; DOSIMETRY; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; MAMMALS; MATERIALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLAR SOLVENTS; PRIMATES; SOLVENTS; VERTEBRATES