Development and physical characteristics of a novel compound radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 538-541

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

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiophotoluminescent glass dosimeter; Self fabricated glass; Thermoluminescent dosimeter

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; GLASS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHT SOURCES; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENTS; MIXTURES; NEUTRONS; RADIATION; RHENIUM; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

(E ,3E) PROCESS; GLASS DOSIMETER; LONG TIME; LUMINESCENCE CENTERS; MACHINE ERRORS; MEASUREMENT RESULTS; NEUTRON DOSES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION DOSE;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 45249097562     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.12.027     Document Type: Article

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