Study of effective atomic number and electron density for tissues from human organs in the energy range of 1 keV-100 GeV. 


Author: Manjunatha HC, Rudraswamy B.

Affiliation: Department of Physics, Government College for Women, Kolar 563101, Karnataka, India. manjunathhc@rediffmail.com 
Conference/Journal: Health Phys.
Date published: 2013 Feb
Other:
 Volume ID: 104   ,  Issue ID: 2   ,  Pages: 158-62   ,  Special Notes: doi: 10.1097/HP.0b013e31827132e3   ,  Word Count: 83  
    

Effective atomic numbers' (Z(eff)) effective electron density (N(el)) for human organs and tissues have been computed in the energy region of 1 keV to 100 GeV using WinXCOM. The computed data of Z(eff) and N(el) are tabulated. The computed values are compared with previous results. The computed data of Z(eff)and N(el)for almost all tissues (34 tissues of different human organs) in the given energy range are not available in literature and find application in radiotherapy and dosimetry.

PMID: 23274818