The assessment of the effect of thyroid size and shape on the activity estimate using Monte Carlo simulation

Health Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 727-738

  Kramer, Gary H ^a   Crowley, Paul ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calibration; Monte Carlo; Operational topics; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID WEIGHT;

EID: 0034040287     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200006000-00018     Document Type: Article

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