Lognormal distribution of cellular uptake of radioactivity: Statistical analysis of α-particle track autoradiography

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1009-1016

  Neti, Prasad V S V ^a   Howell, Roger W ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

particle tracks; 210Po; Autoradiography; Log normal; Poisson; Poisson log normal; Reduced chi square

Indexed keywords

CITRIC ACID; POLONIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ALPHA PARTICLES; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POLONIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 44849122914     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.107.048843     Document Type: Article

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