Abstract

CUSTIDIANO, Ernesto R  and  VALENZUELA, Mercedes R. CALCULATION OF THE EFFECTIVE ATOMIC NUMBER PARTIAL AND TOTAL OF HEALTHY AND MALIGNANT BREAST TISSUES. Rev. ing. biomed. [online]. 2013, vol.7, n.14, pp.24-29. ISSN 1909-9762.

We calculated effective atomic numbers partial of healthy and malignant breast tissues, using WinXcom software and database, in the energy range 10 keV ≤ E ≤ 500 keV. Calculations corresponding to the relevant microscopic processes involved, show that is possible describe and differentiate healthy and malignant breast tissues each other using partial effective atomic numbers.

Keywords : Breast cancer; Mass attenuation coefficients of photons; Effective atomic number; Breast tissue.

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