A new method of imaging particle tracks in solid state nuclear track detectors

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Wertheim, D ^a   Gillmore, G ^a   Brown, L ^b   Petford, N ^c  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Microscopy; Radon; Track detector

Indexed keywords

ALPHA PARTICLES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADON; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

2D IMAGES; 3D IMAGING; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE; ENERGY; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMAGE-ANALYSIS; PARTICLE TRACKS; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTORS; TRACK DETECTORS; Α-PARTICLES;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

PLASTIC;

ALPHA RADIATION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; MICROSCOPE; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; SOLID STATE NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 72349098893     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03314.x     Document Type: Article

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