A preliminary communication on an inexpensive mass-produced high-dose polymeric dosimeter based on optically-stimulated luminescence

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 247-253

  McLaughlin, W L ^a   Miller, S D ^b   Saylor, M C ^c   Kovacs, A ^d   Wojnarovits, L ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Sunna Systems Corporation   (United States)

^c Special Process Services   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COLOR CENTERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PLASTIC FILMS; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

MICROCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL);

DOSIMETERS;

PLASTIC; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; FILM DOSIMETER; GAMMA IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOSTIMULATION;

EID: 0033166174     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(98)00349-1     Document Type: Article

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