ESTIMATES OF ABSORBED ENERGY IN ELECTRONS TRABECULAR BONE DUE TO p-PARTICLES OR

A computer code, DAB-BE, has been written which can be used to calculate the absorbed energies of /3 particles or electrons deposited inside human trabecular bone. The radiation source geometry can be either uniformly distributed in the whole bone or located at a fixed point inside the bone. Bremsstrahlung effects are not considered in these calculations. Results are presented and discussed for six monoenergetic sources of electrons distributed uniformly in a mathematical representation of the arm. In addition, a fixed point source configuration of 1.0 MeV monoenergetic electrons was studied.