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Concepts of microdosimetry

II. Probability distributions of the microdosimetry variables

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This is the second part of an investigation of microdosimetric concepts relevant to numerical calculations. Two different types of distributions of the microdosimetric quantities are discussed. The sampling procedures are considered, which lead from the initial pattern of energy transfer, the so-called inchoate distribution, to the distribution of specific energy and thier mean values. The dependences of the distribution of specific energy on absorbed dose is related to the sampling procedures.

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  1. D. Chmelevsky

    Present address: Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires, DPr/Sps, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France

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  1. Department of Radiology, Radiological Research Laboratory, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, USA

    A. M. Kellerer & D. Chmelevsky

  2. Institut für Med. Strahlenkunde, Versbacher Landstr. 5, D-87, Würzburg, Fed. Rep. Germany

    A. M. Kellerer

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This investigation was supported by Constract AT(11-1)-3243 from the United States Atomic Energy Commission and Public Health Service Research Grants No. CA 12536 and CA 15307 from the National Cancer Instituted.

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Kellerer, A.M., Chmelevsky, D. Concepts of microdosimetry. Radiat Environ Biophys 12, 205–216 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01327348

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