Optically stimulated luminescence from KBr:Eu as a near-real-time dosimetry system

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 883-887

  Klein, D M ^a   McKeever, S W S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EUROPIUM COMPOUNDS; FIBER OPTICS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION;

MEDICAL RADIATION; NEAR-REAL-TIME DOSIMETRY; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL);

LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 46549088106     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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