Current developments at IRSN on computational tools dedicated to assessing doses for both internal and external exposure

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 115, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 522-529

  Aubineau Lanièce, Isabelle ^a   de Carlan, L ^a   Clairand, I ^a   Lemosquet, A ^a   Chiavassa, S ^a,b   Pierrat, N ^a   Bardies M ^b   Franck, D ^a  

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

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIMULATION;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE DESIGN; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 30844464102     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci176     Document Type: Article

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