Neutron KERMA factors of human tissues
Rev. med. nucl. Alasbimn j
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9(37)July 2007. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
A program to calculate the neutron KERMA in human tissues has been developed. The program was developed in Mathcad and contains the neutron kerma factors of those elements that are present in different human tissues. Having the elemental composition of any human tissue the neutron kerma can be easily calculated. The program was tested using the elemental composition of tumor tissues such as sarcoma, melanoma, carcinoma and adenoid cystic. Neutron kerma for adipose and muscle tissue for normal adult was calculated. The results are in agreement with those published in literature. The neutron kerma for water was also calculated because in some dosimetric calculations water is used to describe normal and tumor tissues. From this comparison was found that at larger energies kerma factors are approximately the same, but energies less than 100 eV the differences are large.
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Assunto principal:
Radiação de Fundo
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Tecido Conjuntivo
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Neoplasias
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Nêutrons
Limite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Rev. med. nucl. Alasbimn j
Assunto da revista:
Medicina Nuclear
Ano de publicação:
2007
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Artigo
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Documento de projeto
País de afiliação:
México
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Espanha
Instituição/País de afiliação:
Hospital Universitario Río Hortega de Valladolid/ES
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Laboratorio LIBRA/ES
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Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas/MX
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