MOSFET dosimeters: The Role of Encapsulation on Dosimetric Characteristics in Mixed Gamma-Neutron and Megavoltage X-ray Fields

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 1870-1877

  Rosenfeld, Anatoly B ^a   Carolan, Martin G ^a   Kaplan, Greg I ^a   Allen, Barry J ^b   Khivrich, Vladimir I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE FOR NUCLEAR RESEARCH   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSE ENHANCEMENT FACTOR; HIGH ENERGY BREMSSTRAHLUNG; THERMAL NEUTRON FLUENCES;

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; ENCAPSULATION; GAMMA RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NEUTRONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; X RAYS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0029518433     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.489229     Document Type: Article

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