Activity measurement of a 176Lu sample using coincidence peaks and Monte Carlo simulations

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1292-1296

  Jutier, C ^a   Le Petit, G ^a  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

Author keywords

ray spectrometry; MCNP; Monte Carlo simulation; True coincidence summing; Uncalibrated configuration; Well type HPGe detector

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DETECTORS; ERROR CORRECTION; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETERS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

Γ-RAY SPECTROMETRY; MCNP; TRUE COINCIDENCE SUMMING; UNCALIBRATED CONFIGURATION; WELL-TYPE HPGE DETECTORS;

ISOTOPES;

AMERICIUM 241; CADMIUM 109; CERIUM; CERIUM 139; COBALT 57; COBALT 60; GERMANIUM; LEAD 210; LUTETIUM; LUTETIUM 176; MANGANESE 54; MERCURY 203; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 85; TIN; TIN 113; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM 88;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; ENERGY; FRANCE; HIGH PURITY GERMANIUM DETECTOR; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; TRUE COINCIDENCE SUMMING; X RAY; X RAY SPECTROMETRY; ALGORITHM; CHEMICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GUIDELINES; HALF-LIFE; LUTETIUM; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 33750914297     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.089     Document Type: Article

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