Synthesis and physical characteristics of radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeters

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 621-624

  Hsu, Shih Ming ^a   Yang, Hsi Wen ^c   Yeh, Tien Chi ^a   Hsu, Wei Lin ^c   Wu, Chin Hui ^a   Lu, Chin Chang ^c   Chen, Wei Li ^a   Huang, David Y C ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Mercy Medical Center   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Laser; Radiation dose; Radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GLASS; LASER EXCITATION; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; READOUT SYSTEMS;

GLASS ELEMENT SENSITIVITY; PULSED UV LASER EXCITATION; RADIOPHOTOLUMINESCENT GLASS DOSIMETERS;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 34548281692     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.053     Document Type: Article

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