The efficiency of various thermoluminescence dosemeter types to heavy ions

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 365-368

  Berger, Thomas ^a,b   Hajek, Michael ^a   Summerer, Leopold ^a   Fugger, Manfred ^a,c   Vana, Norbert ^a  

^a TU WIEN   (Austria)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c Currently: ESTEC   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY ION;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; HEAVY ION RADIATION; JAPAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIATION USE EFFICIENCY; REFERENCE VALUE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEAVY IONS; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749868373     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci582     Document Type: Article

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