Characteristics of an OSLD in the diagnostic energy range

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4396-4405

  Al Senan, Rani M ^a   Hatab, Mustapha R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

CT; mammography; OSL dosimetry; x ray

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; CLEANING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; DROPS; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LUMINESCENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; NANODOTS; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CORRECTION FACTORS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; IRRADIATION MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE IRRADIATION; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79960224631     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3602456     Document Type: Article

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