Charge collection and radiation hardness of a SOI microdosimeter for medical and space applications

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6 PART 1, 1998, Pages 2700-2710

  Bradley, P D ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^a   Lee, K K ^a   Jamieson, D N ^b   Heiser, G ^b   Satoh, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTON; SILICON;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; NEUTRON; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; RADIOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALPHA PARTICLES; BIOPHYSICS; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEUTRONS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; SILICON; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY, RADIOLOGIC;

CHARGE COLLECTION; MICRODOSIMETERS; RADIATION HARDNESS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION HARDENING; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPECTROSCOPY;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 0032243685     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.736518     Document Type: Article

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