Ion-counting nanodosemeter with particle tracking capabilities

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 415-419

  Bashkirov, V ^a   Schulte, R ^a   Breskin, A ^b   Chechik, R ^b   Schemelinin, S ^b   Garty, G ^c   Wroe, A ^d   Sadrozinski, H ^e   Grosswendt, B ^f  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^f PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; ION; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PERFORMANCE; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; UNITED STATES; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; IONS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MINIATURIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34347398699     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl470     Document Type: Article

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