Comparison of sliced and whole lung sets for the LLNL and JAERI torso phantoms using GE detectors

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 547-552

  Kramer, Gary H ^a   Hauck, Barry M ^a   Lee, Tae Young ^b   Chang, Si Young ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Calibration; Detector, germanium; Lungs, human; Phantom

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; EUROPIUM;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; LUNG SLICE; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TRUNK;

EID: 0032951809     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199905000-00013     Document Type: Article

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