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An EGS4 based mathematical phantom for radiation protection calculations using standard man
1Australian Radiation Laboratory, Yallambie, Victoria.
Health Physics
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
This note describes an Electron Gamma Shower code (EGS4) Monte Carlo program for calculating radiation transport in adult males and females from internal or external electron and gamma sources which requires minimal knowledge of organ geometry. Calculations of the dose from planar gamma fields and from computerized tomography illustrate two applications of the package.
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