Problems encountered during the calibration of the new Cameco mobile lung counter: Detector size or phantom limitation?

Health Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 751-758

  Kramer, Gary H ^a   Allen, Steve A ^b   Groff, Dave ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b CAMECO CORPORATION   (Canada)

^c Canberra Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Counting efficiency; Lungs, human; Phantom

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAMECO MOBILE LUNG COUNTER; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION PROTECTION; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LUNG; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242441570     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004032-200312000-00021     Document Type: Article

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