Measurements of activation products associated with Havar foils from a GE PETtrace medical cyclotron using high resolution gamma spectroscopy

Health Physics

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Manickam, Vivek ^a   Brey, Richard R ^b   Jenkins, Peter A ^c   Christian, Paul E ^d  

^a Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclotron; Medical radiation; Operational topics; Spectrometry, gamma

Indexed keywords

COBALT 56; COBALT 57; COBALT 58; GERMANIUM; MANGANESE 54; RADIOISOTOPE; RHENIUM 183; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLOY; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CYCLOTRON; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOMETRY; STANDARD;

ALLOYS; CALIBRATION; CYCLOTRONS; GERMANIUM; PROTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA;

EID: 58949100162     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.HP.0000336987.68345.fb     Document Type: Article

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