3-D imaging of particle tracks in solid state nuclear track detectors

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1033-1036

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING METHOD; RADON ISOTOPE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; VISUALIZATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77952920185     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-1033-2010     Document Type: Article

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