Activity standardization of 131I at CENTIS-DMR and PTB within the scope of a bilateral comparison

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1099-1103

  Oropesa Verdecia, P ^a   Kossert, K ^b  

^a Centro de Isotopos Cuba   (Cuba)

^b PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

131I; Activity standardization; Comparison; Liquid scintillation counting; Metrology

Indexed keywords

131I; ACTIVITY STANDARDIZATION; COMPARISON; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; METROLOGY;

DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; LUMINESCENCE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; RADIOISOTOPES; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

STANDARDIZATION;

IODINE 131; RADIOISOTOPE; TRACER; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CENTIS DMR LABORATORY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CUBA; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; GERMANY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; LABORATORY; LIQUID SCINTILLATION COUNTING; MEASUREMENT; PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT LABORATORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; REFERENCE DATABASE; STANDARDIZATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STANDARD;

CUBA; GAMMA RAYS; GERMANY; INTERNATIONALITY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; OBSERVER VARIATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 64049107863     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.01.018     Document Type: Article

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