The HML's new field deployable, high-resolution whole body counter

Health Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2005, Pages

  Kramer, Gary H ^b   Capello, Kevin ^b   Hauck, Barry M ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Counting efficiency; Operational topic; Radiological terrorism; Whole body counting

Indexed keywords

ACTINIDE; GERMANIUM; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER; ENERGY; FISSION NEUTRON; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SHIELD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROSCOPY; TERRORISM; WHOLE BODY COUNTER;

EID: 27644561381     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hp.0000178537.20710.42     Document Type: Article

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