Room scattered neutrons

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 206-207

  McCall, Richard C ^a   McGinley, Patton H ^b   Huffman, Kristina E ^b  

^a McCall Associates   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator maze; Direct neutrons; Room scattered neutrons

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SCATTERING;

ACCELERATOR FACILITIES; FLUENCES; SCATTERED NEUTRON;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING;

EID: 0032950381     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598505     Document Type: Article

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