Dose rates from a Cobalt-60 pool irradiator measured with Fricke dosimeters

Health Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 5 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Wei Hsung ^a   Matthews II, Kenneth L ^a   Teague, Richard E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

60Co; Dose assessment; Dosimetry; Operational topics

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETER;

COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 42149162763     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000298228.85899.0f     Document Type: Article

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