Monte Carlo study of MOSFET dosemeter characteristics: Dose dependence on photon energy, direction and dosemeter composition

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-46

  Wang, Brian ^a   Xu, X George ^a   Kim, Chan Hyeong ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH PHYSICS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 17844399597     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch426     Document Type: Article

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