A correction method for the Compton continuum contribution due to body 40K in whole-body counting

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-330

  Ishikawa, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM 40; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; COMPTON EFFECT; GAMMA RADIATION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

EID: 0032816068     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a032688     Document Type: Article

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