Measurement of the 225Ac half-life

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2608-2614

  Pomme S ^a   Marouli, M ^a   Suliman, G ^a   Dikmen, H ^a   Van Ammel, R ^a   Jobbagy V ^a   Dirican, A ^a   Stroh, H ^a   Paepen, J ^a   Bruchertseifer, F ^a   Apostolidis, C ^a   Morgenstern, A ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

225Ac; Half life; Nuclear data; Radionuclide metrology; Radiotherapy; Targeted alpha therapy

Indexed keywords

AC SOURCES; DETECTION TECHNIQUE; FUNCTION OF TIME; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HALF-LIFE; HPGE DETECTORS; MEAN VALUES; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NUCLEAR DATA; PARTICLE COUNTING; PLANAR SILICON DETECTOR; RECOMMENDED VALUES; SOLID ANGLE; TARGETED ALPHA THERAPY; UNCERTAINTY EVALUATION;

RADIOTHERAPY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

RADIOISOTOPES;

ACTINIUM 225; ACTINIUM;

ALPHA RADIATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DOCUMENTATION; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; HALF LIFE TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCHEMISTRY; RADIOISOTOPE DECAY; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; CHEMISTRY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY;

ACTINIUM; ALPHA PARTICLES; HALF-LIFE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOACTIVITY;

EID: 84865535018     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.07.014     Document Type: Article

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