title: BABYSCAN: a whole body counter for small children in Fukushima.
abstract: BABYSCAN, a whole body counter for small children with a detection limit for (137)Cs of better than 50 Bq/body, was developed, and the first unit has been installed at a hospital in Fukushima, to help families with small children who are very much concerned about internal exposures. The design principles, implementation details and the initial operating experience are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryugo S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Hayano
authors.forename: Shunji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamanaka
authors.forename: Frazier L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bronson
authors.forename: Babatunde
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Oginni
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Muramatsu
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D062406:Fukushima Nuclear Accident; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014915:Whole-Body Counting