A high-sensitivity multidetector whole-body counter

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 144, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 415-418

  Kalef Ezra, J A ^a,b   Valakis, S T ^a   Soupsanas, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM IODIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY SIZE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM IODIDE; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 79953744136     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: 17423406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq349     Document Type: Article

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