Application of Monte Carlo simulation to the prediction of extrapolation curves in the coincidence technique

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 64, Issue 10-11, 2006, Pages 1186-1192

  Dias, Mauro S ^a   Takeda, Mauro N ^b   Koskinas, Marina F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTO AMARO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

133Ba; 35S; 60CO; Coincidence; Monte Carlo; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRAPOLATION; GAMMA RAYS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RAY TRACING; STANDARDIZATION;

13/BA; 35/S; 60/CO; EXTRAPOLATION CURVES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BARIUM; BARIUM 133; COBALT 60; SULFUR 35; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BETA RADIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33751073418     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.02.019     Document Type: Article

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