A calibration method for whole-body counters, using Monte Carlo simulation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-288

  Ishikawa, T ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a   Uchiyama, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHANTOM; PHOTON; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0029975723     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a031585     Document Type: Article

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