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Methods and Instrumentation for Measuring Radioactivity

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We firstly introduce the physical quantities that are used to describe the characteristics of the radiation fields and the characteristics of irradiated materials relative to their interactions with ionizing radiations.

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    In the next definitions, we will use differential notation because every definition must be applied, even in case of nonuniform radiation fields, where fluence varies from point to point. Because of the statistical nature of the radiation fields, the variables they are dealing with are always random. The number of particles N is also random, whose differential dN is meant as the differential of the expected average number of particles.

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  1. Department of Physics “Enrico Fermi”, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Maria Evelina Fantacci

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  1. Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Duccio Volterrani

  2. Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Paola Anna Erba

  3. Hosp. Sant Pau, Nuclear Medicine Department, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

    Ignasi Carrió

  4. Molecular Imaging and Therapy Department, Cornell University Weill, New York, NY, USA

    H. William Strauss

  5. Regional Center of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and Advanced Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

    Giuliano Mariani

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Fantacci, M.E. (2019). Methods and Instrumentation for Measuring Radioactivity. In: Volterrani, D., Erba, P.A., Carrió, I., Strauss, H.W., Mariani, G. (eds) Nuclear Medicine Textbook. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95564-3_5

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