MIDN: A spacecraft microdosimeter mission

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Pisacane, V L ^a   Ziegler, J F ^a   Nelson, M E ^a   Caylor, M ^a   Flake, D ^a   Heyen, L ^a   Youngborg, E ^a   Rosenfeld, A B ^b   Cucinotta, F ^c   Zaider, M ^d   Dicello, J F ^e  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COSMIC RADIATION; COSMONAUT; DOSIMETER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MICRODOSIMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION HAZARD; SENSOR; SOLID STATE; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

COSMIC RADIATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPACE FLIGHT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33749817756     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci601     Document Type: Article

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