Título
Calculation of Neutron Kerma in Tissues
Autor
HECTOR RENE VEGA CARRILLO
Nivel de Acceso
Acceso Abierto
Materias
Resumen o descripción
Neutron kerma of normal and tumor tissues has been calculated using the tissues´
elemental concentration. A program developed in Mathcad contains the kerma factors of
C, H, O, N, Na, Mg, P, S, Cl, K, etc. that are in normal and tumor human tissues. Having
the elemental composition of any human tissue the neutron kerma can be calculated. The
program was tested using the elemental composition of tumor tissues such as sarcoma,
melanoma, carcinoma and adenoid cystic, also 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.
Producción Científica de la Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas UAZ
Fecha de publicación
julio de 2004
Tipo de publicación
Objeto de congreso
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Inglés
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