MITOM: A new unfolding code based on a spectra model method applied to neutron spectrometry

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 110, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 545-548

  Tomas M ^a   Fernández, Francisco ^a   Bakali, M ^a   Muller, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CALCULATION; FAST NEUTRON RADIATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NEUTRON RADIATION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION EQUIPMENT; REFERENCE VALUE; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUTRONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; SPAIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644297818     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch384     Document Type: Article

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