Thermoluminescent materials for medical applications: LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Moscovitch, M ^a   Horowitz, Y S ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY; MEDICAL DOSIMETRY; PHOTON ENERGY DEPENDENCE;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 34248527907     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.008     Document Type: Article

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