A new internal pair production branching ratio of 90Y: The development of a non-destructive assay for 90Y and 90Sr

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 318-327

  Selwyn, R G ^a   Nickles, R J ^a   Thomadsen, B R ^a   DeWerd, L A ^a   Micka, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

90Y; 90Zr; Activity; Annihilation; Assay; Branching ratio; Germanium; HPGe detector; Positron; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GERMANIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; POSITRONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ANNIHILATION; DOSE CALIBRATOR ASSAY; MICROSPHERES; NON-DESTRUCTIVE ASSAY;

BIOASSAY;

GERMANIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RADIOISOTOPE; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90; ZIRCONIUM 90;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; CALIBRATION; CALIBRATOR; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIVER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CALIBRATION; RADIATION MONITORING; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 33845639691     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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