A numerical method for the calibration of in situ gamma ray spectroscopy systems

Health Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 657-671

  Dewey, S C ^a   Whetstone, Z D ^b   Kearfott, K J ^b  

^a Radiation Analysis Laboratories ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Detector; Environmental; Gamma; Germanium; Radioactivity; Spectrometry

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EVALUATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951189415     PISSN: 00179078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HP.0b013e3181ca8ba8     Document Type: Article

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