Examination of the effect of counting geometry on 125I monitoring using MCNP

Health Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 465-470

  Kramer, Gary H ^b   Yiu, Suzanne ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

125I; counting efficiency; Monte Carlo; thyroid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THYROID WEIGHT;

EID: 0031019412     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199703000-00015     Document Type: Article

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