The feasibility of accelerator-based in vivo neutron activation analysis of nitrogen

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 767-774

  O'Meara, J M ^a   Blackburn, B W ^a   Chichester, D L ^a   Gierga, D P ^a   Yanch, J C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; ISOTOPES; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PROTONS;

MODERATED NEUTRON FLUX;

PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

BERYLLIUM; CALIFORNIUM 252; NITROGEN; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MEASUREMENT; NEUTRON; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NEUTRON RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SPECTRUM;

BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NITROGEN; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034778919     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(01)00135-X     Document Type: Article

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