Artificial neural networks in neutron dosimetry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 251-259

  Vega Carrillo, H R ^a   Hernandez Davila V M ^a   Manzanares Acuna E ^a   Mercado, G A ^a   Gallego, E ^b   Lorente, A ^b   Perales Munoz W A ^a   Robles Rodriguez J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ZACATECAS   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENERGY TRANSFER; NEUTRON DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROCESS DESIGN; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SPECTROMETER; TRAINING;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEUTRONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745714331     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci354     Document Type: Article

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