ENERGY DEPOSITION AT THE BONE-TISSUE INTERFACE FROM NUCLEAR FRAGMENTS PRODUCED BY HIGH-ENERGY NUCLEONS

被引:7
作者
CUCINOTTA, FA
HAJNAL, F
WILSON, JW
机构
[1] US DOE, ENVIRONM MEASUREMENTS LAB, NEW YORK, NY 10014 USA
[2] NASA, LANGLEY RES CTR, HAMPTON, VA 23665 USA
来源
HEALTH PHYSICS | 1990年 / 59卷 / 06期
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10.1097/00004032-199012000-00005
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
The transport of nuclear fragmentation recoils produced by high-energy nucleons in the region of the bone-tissue interface is considered. Results for the differential flux and absorbed dose for recoils produced by 1- GeV protons are presented in a bidirectional transport model. The energy deposition in marrow1 cavities is seen to be enhanced by recoils produced in bone. Approximate analytic formulae for absorbed dose near the interface region are also presented for a simplified range-energy model. © 1990 Health Physics Society Pergamon Press plc.
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页码:819 / 825
页数:7
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