Monte Carlo simulation for IRRMA

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 837-855

  Gardner, Robin P ^a   Liu, Lianyan ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

IRRMA; Measurement applications; Monte Carlo; Radiation; Radioisotopes; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES;

INDUSTRIAL RADIATION AND RADIOISOTOPE MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; RADIATION MEASUREMENT DEVICES;

RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIOISOTOPE;

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GAMMA RADIATION; MODEL; PACKAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SIMULATION; STANDARD; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; X RAY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 0034670323     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00233-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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