title: Updating of form factor tabulations for coherent scattering of photons in tissues.
abstract: An updating of photon transport modelling in tissues is carried out by including the effect of molecular interference in the coherent (Rayleigh) scattering. To this end, the present tabulations--which permit us to obtain the linear differential scattering coefficient of compounds from a simple weighted sum of the elemental components--are integrated by adding files for a limited set of molecular interference functions. This set originates from a four-component model which is found to be capable of reproducing human tissues in situations involving bony and soft tissues. The proposed procedure overcomes, in the computation, the hindrance that the dependence on molecular interference effects leads every tissue to have its own diffraction pattern, which is not easily obtained by means of measurements or calculations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics. University of Ferrara, Italy. tartari@ferrara.infn.it
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tartari
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Taibi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonifazz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Baraldi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000528:radiation effects; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D017785:Photons; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium