A solid state microdosimeter based on a monolithic silicon telescope

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 382-386

  Agosteo, S ^a,b   Colautti, P ^c   Fazzi, A ^a,b   Moro, D ^c,d   Pola, Andrea ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI LEGNARO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GEOMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MICRODOSIMETER; NEUTRON RADIATION; PROPORTIONAL COUNTER; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SOLID STATE; VOLUMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEUTRON; OPTICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; NEUTRONS; OPTICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICON;

EID: 34347385468     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl468     Document Type: Article

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