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Systematic method of formulating liquid phantoms with a given elemental composition and density
Author(s) -
Lam Gabriel K. Y.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.595042
Subject(s) - composition (language) , range (aeronautics) , cover (algebra) , computer science , materials science , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , composite material
A general method of formulating tissue equivalent liquid mixtures of a given chemical composition and density using the technique of linear programming is described. It is used to generate mixtures with equivalent atomic composition as ICRP Standard Man and mammalian muscle (NBS Handbook 85) using eight compounds to cover the range of densities from 1.0 to 1.13. Use of the method to handle other parameters of a mixture is also described. Key words: T.E. liquid, elemental composition, density