Investigation of signal fading in lithium formate EPR dosimeters using a new sensitive method

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2209-2217

  Adolfsson, Emelie ^a   Karlsson, Mattias ^a   Alm Carlsson, Gudrun ^a   Carlsson Tedgren, Åsa ^a,b   Lund, Eva ^a   Olsson, Sara ^c   Gustafsson, Håkan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^c CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL AUDIT; CONSTANT LEVEL; EPR SIGNALS; NEW EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; SENSITIVE METHOD; SIGNAL FADING; STORAGE TEMPERATURES; TRANSFER DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMAGNETISM;

DOSIMETRY;

FORMIC ACID; FORMIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ARTIFACTS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FORMIC ACIDS; RADIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859345008     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/57/8/2209     Document Type: Article

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