Clinical ultraviolet dosimetry with a CCD monochromator array spectroradiometer

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 5239-5255

  Coleman, Andrew ^a   Sarkany, Robert ^b   Walker, Susan ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIGITAL CAMERAS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; INSTRUMENTS; LIGHT; MONOCHROMATORS; RADIOMETERS; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATORS; STRAY LIGHT;

APPLICATIONS.; CCD ARRAYS; DYNAMIC RANGE; EASE-OF-USE; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES; MONOCHROMATOR; OCEAN OPTICS INC.; PHOTOBIOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; SIMPLE MODELING; SOLAR SIMULATORS; SPECTRO RADIOMETERS; ULTRAVIOLET DOSIMETRY; WAVELENGTH SCALING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; DOSIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION SCATTERING; SIMULATOR; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SPECTROMETER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 52049109154     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/18/026     Document Type: Article

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