MAXED, a computer code for maximum entropy deconvolution of multisphere neutron spectrometer data

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 579-583

  Reginatto, Marcel ^b   Goldhagen, Paul ^a  

^a Environmental Measurements Laboratory   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Computer calculations; Neutron dosimetry; Neutrons; Spectrometry, neutron

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS; DOCUMENTATION; DOSIMETRY; ENTROPY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER;

EID: 0032835053     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199911000-00012     Document Type: Article

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