The effect of lung deposition patterns on the activity estimate obtained from a large area germanium detector lung counter

Health Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-32

  Kramer, Gary H ^a   Hauck, Barry M ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Detector; Dosimetry; Germanium; Human; Internal; Lungs

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; LUNG PARENCHYMA; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0032996140     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199907000-00006     Document Type: Article

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