Dose determination with nitro blue tetrazolium containing radiochromic dye films by measuring absorbed and reflected light

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 3-6, 2000, Pages 711-716

  Kovacs A ^a   Baranyai, M ^a   Wojnarovits L ^a   Slezsak I ^b   McLaughlin, W L ^c   Miller, A ^d   Moussa, A ^e  

^a CHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Hungary)

^b Sensolab Ltd   (Hungary)

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

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Radiation processing; Radiation sensitive labels; Radiochromic films; Reflected light measurements

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FILMS; POLYMERS; SALTS;

NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; QUARANTINE CONTROL; RADIOCHROMIC DYE FILMS; TETRAZOLIUM SALTS;

RADIATION CHEMISTRY;

FORMAZAN; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM;

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FILM; LIGHT REFRACTION; MEASUREMENT; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION PROCESSING; REFLECTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0342514776     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00501-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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