Application of real-time radiation dosimetry using a new silicon LET sensor

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 430, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 191-202

  Doke, Tadayoshi ^a   Hayashi, Takayoshi ^a   Kikuchi, Jun ^a   Nagaoka, Shunji ^b   Nakano, T ^b   Sakaguchi, T ^a   Terasawa, K ^a   Badhwar, G D ^c  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double sided silicon detector; LET distribution; Radiation dosimeter; Real time; Space Shuttle; TLD

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMIC RADIATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MONITORING; SPACE FLIGHT; TECHNIQUE;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE RADIATION HEALTH; NASA PROGRAM BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND COUNTERMEASURES;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-84 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COSMIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GEOGRAPHY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON; SPACECRAFT; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0033394656     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(99)00130-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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