Application of Monte Carlo calculation and OEDIPE software for virtual calibration of an in vivo counting system

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 282-286

  Liye, Liu ^a,b   Franck, Didier ^c   de Carlan, Loic ^c   Junli, Li ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE FOR RADIATION PROTECTION   (China)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; EUROPIUM 152; GERMANIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VIRTUAL REALITY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING; ALGORITHM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHINA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CHINA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFTWARE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 49649110985     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm469     Document Type: Article

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