Development of secondary standards for 223Ra

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 1367-1370

  Bergeron, Denis E ^a   Zimmerman, Brian E ^a   Cessna, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

223Ra; Dose calibrator; Ionization chamber; Secondary standardization

Indexed keywords

223RA; ALPHA EMITTERS; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CLINICAL SETTINGS; DOSE CALIBRATOR; RADIONUCLIDE CALIBRATORS; SECONDARY STANDARD;

IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; SYRINGES;

CALIBRATION;

RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 223; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPOULE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIOACTIVITY; STANDARD; SYRINGE;

BONE AND BONES; CALIBRATION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADON; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 77952954698     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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