Published November 1981
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Journal article
Systmatic method of formulating liquid phantoms with a given elemental composition and density
Description
A general method of formulating tissue equivalent liquid mixtures of a given chemical composition and density using the technique of linear programming is described. It is used to generate mixtures with equivalent atomic composition as ICRP Standard Man and mammalian muscle (NBS Handbook 85) using eight compounds to cover the range of densities from 1.0 to 1.13. Use of the method to handle other parameters of a mixture is also described
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Med. Phys.
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Series
- Med. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 894-6
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 14719899
- Subject category
- S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE; S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BIOLOGICAL MODELS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DENSITY; DEPTH DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; PHANTOMS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECIFICATIONS; TISSUE-EQUIVALENT MATERIALS
- Descriptors DEC
- DISTRIBUTION; MATERIALS; MEDICINE; MOCKUP; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; THERAPY