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Photon Absorbed-Dose-to-Water Primary Standards
Last Updated Date: 03/08/2013 Computational and experimental studies to obtain correction factors for heat defect, heat transfer and scattering/perturbation for the water … more
Xray Stress Measurement
Last Updated Date: 03/07/2013 Using X-ray diffraction techniques one can measure the full stress tensor just inside the surface of a sheet metal specimen under applied … more
International Comparison of Lu-177
Last Updated Date: 03/05/2013 There has been increasing interest during the past 10 years in the use of 177 Lu for radionuclide-based radiotherapy for certain types of cancers. … more
Small-Field Therapy Dosimetry using EPR
Last Updated Date: 03/05/2013 NIST has an ongoing program in small-field therapy dosimetry studies using alanine/EPR.
A Study of the Irradiation-Temperature Coefficient for Alanine Film and Pellet Dosimeters at Elevated Temperature
Last Updated Date: 03/01/2013 Correcting the response of a dosimeter for the average temperature during irradiation processing improves the accuracy of the dose … more
Electromagnetic Compatibility of Smart Grid Devices and Systems
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) is necessary for all electrical or electronic devices in order to maintain reliability and quality … more
Cybersecurity for Smart Grid Systems
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 Smart Grid cybersecurity must address not only deliberate attacks, such as from disgruntled employees, industrial espionage, and terrorists, but … more
Advanced Metering in Smart Distribution Grids
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 Electricity meters today face unprecedented challenges, from distorted waveforms on the grid, bidirectional metering for renewables, and using … more
Smart Grid Program
Last Updated Date: 02/28/2013 The objective of the Smart Grid Program is to develop and deploy advances in measurement science to enable integration of interoperable and secure … more
Electron-Beam Irradiation of Solar Cells
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The Dosimetry Group operates a system capable of performing electron beam processing, which consists of a Van de Graaff electron accelerator and a … more
Advanced X-ray Systems for the Detection of Special Nuclear Materials
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The Dosimetry Group provides support to the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for their … more
Theoretical Dosimetry and Radiation-Transport Calculations
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The fundamental photon and charged particle interaction data and the radiation transport methods, pioneered and developed at NIST to calculate the … more
Calibration of Low-Energy Photon Brachytherapy Sources
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 Small radioactive "seed" sources used in prostate brachytherapy, containing the radionuclide 103 Pd, 125 I, or 131 Cs, are calibrated in … more
The Development of New Reference Standards for Digital Mammography
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 New NIST reference mammography beams using a tungsten target and silver, rhodium, molybdenum and aluminum filters at 20 kV to 50 kV have been … more
NIST Work in Support of the Navy Dosimetry Program
Last Updated Date: 02/27/2013 The U.S. Navy uses thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) to monitor personnel for radiation exposure. |
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