Radionuclide metrology using liquid scintillation counting

Metrologia

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Broda, Ryszard ^a   Cassette, Philippe ^b   Kossert, Karsten ^c  

^a SOLTAN INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR STUDIES   (Poland)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCINTILLATION;

LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING (LSC) TECHNIQUES; RADIONUCLIDE METROLOGY;

RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 34547663294     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/44/4/S06     Document Type: Article

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