@inproceedings{9f60ce09530e486b92ef17015797a4ee,
title = "A small radioactive source in a large media - Localization by multi-detector measurement. The case of a lung counter",
abstract = "Considerable errors in the determination of radioactive contamination in lungs can be induced if there is no homogeneous distribution, as assumed for the calibration. Modern lung counter systems use several detectors, and the count rate ratios of the detectors can be used for localization of the radioactive contamination, enabling the use of correction algorithms. This greatly reduces the errors in the determination of the activity. Further reduction of the errors can be obtained by simultaneous analysis of several gamma lines (if several energies are emitted by the radioisotope), and by optimizing the number and location of the detectors. This presentation deals with the case of a point source of natural uranium in human lungs.",
keywords = "Localization, Lung counter, Radioactive sources",
author = "Alfassi, {Z. B.} and O. Pelled and U. German",
year = "2008",
month = sep,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1063/1.2979077",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780735405608",
series = "AIP Conference Proceedings",
pages = "155--168",
booktitle = "Nuclear Proficiency Testing - 1st International Workshop on Proficiency Testing in Applications of the Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Analytical Techniques in Industry, Medicine, and Environment",
note = "1st International Workshop on Nuclear Proficiency Testing in Applications of the Ionizing Radiation and Nuclear Analytical Techniques in Industry, Medicine, and Environment ; Conference date: 06-10-2007 Through 09-10-2007",
}