In-vivo measurement of low energy photon emitters: Room-temperature semiconductor diodes vs. large scintillators and germanium crystals

Health Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 288-299

  Genicot, Jean Louis ^b   Pommé, Stefaan ^b   Alzetta, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Contamination; Detection limits; Internal; Metabolism; Radionuclide

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GAMMA RADIATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; NOISE REDUCTION; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SCINTILLATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY;

EID: 0033036762     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-199903000-00010     Document Type: Article

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