Locating a "hot spot" in the lungs when using an array of four HPGe detectors

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 107-111

  Pelled, O ^a   Tsroya, S ^a   German, U ^a   Haquin, G ^b   Alfassi, Z B ^c  

^a NRC Negev   (Israel)

^b SOREQ NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER   (Israel)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Location; Lung counter; Lungs; Point source; Test of similarity

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; PULMONARY DISEASES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LUNG COUNTER SYSTEMS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ALGORITHM; ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVICE; LUNG; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; ALGORITHMS; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANIUM; HUMANS; LUNG; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS; URANIUM;

EID: 2942517744     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.03.029     Document Type: Conference Paper

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