Dose rate dependence for different dosimeters and detectors: TLD, OSL, EBT films, and diamond detectors

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2447-2455

  Karsch, L ^a   Beyreuther, E ^b   Burris Mog, T ^b   Kraft, S ^b   Richter, C ^b   Zeil, K ^b   Pawelke, J ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

diamond; dose rate dependence; EBT; ICT; OSL; TLD

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;

DOSE RATE DEPENDENCE; INTEGRATING CURRENT TRANSFORMERS; LASER ACCELERATORS; LASER-ACCELERATED PARTICLES; LASER-BASED ACCELERATION; LINEAR ELECTRON ACCELERATOR; NUMBER OF ELECTRONS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84861651042     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3700400     Document Type: Article

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