Consideration of the problems of the separate measurement of β, γ and X radiation

After outlining the present state of knowledge concerning the determination of doses absorbed by external irradiation for various types of radiation, the author gives figures for the comparative sensitivity of common detectors. He then defines the criteria which have to be considered for the choice of the sensitive medium and of the nature and the thickness of the detector walls. Considered very generally, the detection assembly intended for measuring the dose absorbed at a given point in the organism must be designed with a view to giving the same overall interactions with the radiation considered as those occurring in the organism. (author)