Michael F. L'Annunziata ; with a foreword by Mohamed M. ElBaradei
xxxviii, 771 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Nuclear radiation, its interaction with matter and radioisotope decay / Michael F. L'Annunziata -- Gas ionization detectors / Karl Buchtela -- Semiconductor detectors / Paul F. Fettweis and Harold Schwenn -- Radiotracer liquid scintillation analysis / Michael F. L'Annunziata and Michael J. Kessler -- Environmental liquid scintillation analysis / Gordon T. Cook, Charles J. Passo, Jr., and Brian Carter -- Statistical computations in counting / Michael J. Kessler -- Sample preparation techniques for liquid scintillation analysis / James Thomson -- Cherenkov counting ; Solid scintillation analysis ; Flow scintillation analysis / Michael F. L'Annunziata -- Radionuclide imaging / Loraine V. Upham and David F. Englert -- Robotics and automation in radiochemical analysis / Tony J. Beugelsdijk and Robert M. Hollen