Monte Carlo studies for irradiation process planning at the Portuguese gamma irradiation facility

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 867-875

  Oliveira, C ^a   Salgado, J ^a   Botelho, M Luísa ^a   Ferreira, L M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Process planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRRADIATION PROCESS PLANNING; PORTUGUESE GAMMA IRRADIATION FACILITY;

DOSIMETRY;

COBALT 60;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAINER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA IRRADIATION; NEUTRON DOSIMETER; PACKAGING; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; SIMULATION; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RADIOMETRY; STERILIZATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL SPONGES;

EID: 0034670303     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00228-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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