Thermoluminescence in medical dosimetry

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 71, Issue SUPPL., 2012, Pages 30-34

  Rivera, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ionizing radiation; Medical dosimetry; Radiation dosimetry; Thermoluminescence; TLDs

Indexed keywords

HIGH SENSITIVITY; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SIGNAL STABILITY; THERMALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; TISSUE EQUIVALENCE; TL GLOW CURVE; TLDS;

DOSIMETRY; IONIZING RADIATION; TISSUE;

THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84870388176     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: 18729800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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