Fundamentals of materials, techniques, and instrumentation for OSL and FNTD dosimetry

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1345, Issue , 2011, Pages 274-302

  Akselrod, M S ^a  

^a LANDAUER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminum oxide; fluorescence; Luminescent dosimetry; neutron dosimetry; nuclear track detectors; optically stimulated luminescence; photon dosimetry; radiation imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961069526     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3576173     Document Type: Conference Paper

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