Room-temperature semiconductor detectors for in vivo monitoring of internal contamination

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1997, Pages 1423-1426

  Genicot, Jean Louis ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CdZnTe diode; Contaminated wounds; Direct methods; In vivo measurements; Internal contamination; Radioactive body burden; Room temperature semiconductor detectors; Silicon PIN diode; Thyroid; Torso phantom; Total body counting

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; SILICON; TELLURIUM; ZINC;

ACCURACY; BODY BURDEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIODE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RIB; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRESS; TRUNK; WHOLE BODY COUNTING; X RAY;

EID: 0031461353     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.97105s61423     Document Type: Conference Paper

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