The application of LiF:Mg,Cu,P to large scale personnel dosimetry: Current status and future directions

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 119, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 248-254

  Moscovitch, M ^a   St John, T J ^b   Cassata, J R ^b   Blake, P K ^b   Rotunda, J E ^c   Ramlo, M ^c   Velbeck, K J ^c   Luo, L Z ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NAVY; PERSONNEL RADIATION MONITORING; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; UNITED STATES;

COPPER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORIDES; FORECASTING; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749676602     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci692     Document Type: Article

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