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INHOMOGENEITY OF DOSE DISTRIBUTION IN ANIMALS SUBJECTED TO WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION WITH 250-kvp X-RAYS

Journal Article · · Radiation Res.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3571593· OSTI ID:4070717
BS>Even though bilateral or more complicated exposure procedures are of considerable importance in total-body exposure of large animals or man, these measures may not result in even approximately the same dose to different tissues. Because of body contour, depth-dose patterns determined in a rice-and-wax phantom contoured to the shape of a dog were appreciably different from values calculated from published standard depth-dose tables In addition to differences due to contour, the tissue traversed by the beam makes considerable difference. Depthdose patterns in a cadaver dog, compared with those in a contoured rice phantom, differed by as much as plus or minus 30%. (auth)
Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, N.Y.
NSA Number:
NSA-18-015753
OSTI ID:
4070717
Report Number(s):
BNL-7304
Journal Information:
Radiation Res., Journal Name: Radiation Res. Vol. Vol: 21
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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