Temperature dependence of the Al2O3:C response in medical luminescence dosimetry

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-189

  Edmund, Jens M ^a   Andersen, Claus E ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Al2O3:C; Medical dosimetry; Optically stimulated luminescence; Radioluminescence; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CALIBRATION; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

MEDICAL DOSIMETRY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL); RADIOLUMINESCENCE; STIMULATION TEMPERATURES;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34248550707     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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