Mapping the sensitive volume of an ion-counting nanodosimeter

Journal of Instrumentation

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-14

  Schulte, Reinhard ^a   Bashkirov, Vladimir ^a   Shchemelinin, Sergei ^b   Breskin, Amos ^b   Chechik, Rachel ^b   Garty, Guy ^c   Wroe, Andrew ^d   Grosswendt, Bernd ^e  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dosimetry concepts and apparatus; Gaseous detectors; Microdosimetry and nanodosimetry

Indexed keywords

IONS; MAPPING; RADIATION COUNTERS; SYSTEMATIC ERRORS;

GASEOUS DETECTORS; NANODOSIMETRY; SENSITIVE VOLUME;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33748926764     PISSN: 17480221     EISSN: 17480221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-0221/1/04/p04004     Document Type: Article

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