Calibration of EPR signal dose response of tooth enamel to photons: Experiment and Monte Carlo simulation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 303-315

  Ivannikov, A Ivann ^a   Tikunov, D D ^a,b   Borysheva, N B ^a   Trompier, F ^b   Skvortsov, V G ^a   Stepanenko, V F ^a   Hoshi, M ^c  

^a MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety   (France)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENAMEL; ENERGY ABSORPTION; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALGORITHMS; BODY BURDEN; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENTAL ENAMEL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 2442637708     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch040     Document Type: Article

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