An improved in situ method for determining depth distributions of gamma-ray emitting radionuclides

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 463, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 393-412

  Benke, Roland R ^a   Kearfott, Kimberlee J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Collimation; Depth distribution; Gamma ray spectrometry; In situ; Nondestructive evaluation; Radionuclide characterization

Indexed keywords

GAMMA RAYS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SPECTROMETRY;

GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 0035337075     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(01)00449-1     Document Type: Article

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