Monte Carlo based method for conversion of in-situ gamma ray spectra obtained with a portable Ge detector to an incident photon flux energy distribution

Health Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 216-230

  Clouvas, A ^a   Xanthos, S ^a   Antonopoulos Domis, M ^a   Silva, J ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Exposure, population; Gamma radiation; Monte Carlo; Photons

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; ENERGY TRANSFER; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031885451     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199802000-00007     Document Type: Article

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