Decay characteristics of the induced radioactivity in the target cave of a medical cyclotron

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-738

  Mukherjee, Bhaskar ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PROTONS; RADIOACTIVITY; TARGETS;

TARGET CAVES;

CYCLOTRON RADIATION;

COPPER;

ARTICLE; CYCLOTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ALUMINUM; COPPER; CYCLOTRONS; GAMMA RAYS; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; IRON RADIOISOTOPES; MANGANESE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOISOTOPES; SODIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0031172170     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00308-9     Document Type: Article

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