Calibration of a phoswich type partial body counter by Monte Carlo simulation of low-energy photon transport

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 464-472

  Doerfel, H ^a   Heide, B ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING;

CALIBRATION; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION MONITORING;

EID: 34548754407     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl503     Document Type: Article

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