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The Human Monitoring Laboratory's new lung counter: calibration and comparison with the previous system and the CAMECO Corporation's lung counter

Kramer et al., 2005

Document ID
8230523946051747904
Author
Kramer G
Hauck B
Publication year
Publication venue
Health physics

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Abstract The Human Monitoring Laboratory has replaced its lung counting system with four large area (85 mm× 30 mm) HPGe detectors, electronics, and software. The system has been calibrated with the same lung set and phantom that was used to calibrate the Human …
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