Thermoluminescence dosimetry using TL-readers equipped with CCD cameras

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 864-869

  Olko, Paweł ^a   Czopyk, Łukasz ^a   Kłosowski, Mariusz ^a   Waligórski, Michał P R ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

2 D CCD TL reader; 2 D TL; LiF:Mg,Cu,P (MCP N); Quality assurance; Radiotherapy beam dosimetry; Thermoluminescence; TL; TL foils

Indexed keywords

CCD CAMERAS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DOSIMETRY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY BEAM DOSIMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

EID: 46549087594     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.12.037     Document Type: Article

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