Application of Monte Carlo calculations to calibration of anthropomorphic phantoms used for activity assessment of actinides in lungs

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 105, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 403-408

  Franck, Didier ^a   Borissov, N ^a   de Carlan, L ^a   Pierrat, N ^a   Genicot, J L ^b   Etherington, G ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; PLUTONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PHANTOM; SIMULATION; TISSUE LEVEL; WORKER;

EID: 0141563799     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006269     Document Type: Article

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