A new paradigm in personal dosimetry using LiF:Mg,Cu,P

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 101, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 27-42

  Cassata, J R ^a   Moscovitch, M ^b   Rotunda, J E ^c   Velbeck, K J ^c   Horowitz, Y S ^d   Oster, L ^d  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Saint Gobain Crystals and Detector   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; TITANIUM;

ACCURACY; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILM DOSIMETER; FILTER; HEATING; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036393216     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a005983     Document Type: Article

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