Optically stimulated luminescence and its use in medical dosimetry

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Akselrod, M S ^a   Botter Jensen L ^b   McKeever, S W S ^c  

^a LANDAUER INC   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; GEOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DATA PROCESSING ALGORITHMS; MEDICAL DOSIMETRY; RADIATION SENSITIVE MATERIALS; REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34248556305     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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