Establishment of ANSI N13.11 X-ray radiation fields for personal dosimetry performance test by computation and experiment

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1997, Pages 1417-1421

  Kim, Jang Lyul ^a   Kim, Bong Hwan ^a   Chang, Si Young ^a   Lee, Jai Ki ^b  

^a Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ANSI X ray; Average energy; Conversion coefficients; Personal dosimetry; Spectrum calculation; Spectrum measurement

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM;

CALCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETRY; GENERATOR; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY;

EID: 0031461282     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s61417     Document Type: Conference Paper

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