A comparison of TLD measurements to MIRD estimates of the dose to the testes from Tc-99m in the liver and spleen

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 113-118

  Yaşar, Doǧan ^a   Tuǧrul, A Beril ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Dosimetry; MIRD; Rando Phantom; Technetium 99m; Thermoluminescence Dosimeter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; GENES; RADIOISOTOPES; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ABSORBED DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER (TLD);

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 18844473035     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4487(02)00182-8     Document Type: Article

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