ISO 11929-1:2025

The ISO11929 series specifies a procedure, in the field of ionizing radiation metrology, for the calculation of the “decision threshold”, the “detection limit” and the “limits of the coverage interval” for a non-negative ionizing radiation measurand when counting measurements with preselection of time or counts are carried out. The measurand results from a gross count rate and a background count rate as well as from further quantities on the basis of a model of the evaluation. In particular, the measurand can be the net count rate as the difference of the gross count rate and the background count rate, or the net activity of a sample. It can also be influenced by calibration of the measuring system, by sample treatment and by other factors.
ISO11929 has been divided into four parts covering elementary applications in this document, advanced applications on the basis of the ISO/IECGuide 3-1 in ISO11929-2, applications to unfolding methods in ISO11929-3, and guidance to the application in ISO11929-4.
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