The use of computerised glow curve analysis will optimise personal thermoluminescence dosimetry measurements

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 269-277

  Horowitz, Y ^a   Delgado, A ^b   Pradhan, A S ^c   Yoder, R C ^d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b CIEMAT   (Spain)

^c BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^d LANDAUER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICRODOSIMETRY; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; ALGORITHM; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 0036030605     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a006096     Document Type: Article

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