High-accuracy fluence determination in ion beams using fluorescent nuclear track detectors

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 56, Issue , 2013, Pages 294-298

  Osinga, J M ^a,b   Akselrod, M S ^c   Herrmann, R ^e   Hable, V ^d   Dollinger, G ^d   Jakel O ^a,f   Greilich, S ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c LANDAUER INC   (United States)

^d BUNDESWEHR UNIVERSITY MUNICH   (Germany)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Confocal laser scanning microscopy; Heavy ion radiotherapy; Luminescence dosimetry; Radiation imaging

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; HEAVY ION RADIOTHERAPY; LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NUCLEAR TRACK DETECTOR; RADIATION IMAGING; SEMI-AUTOMATIC TOOLS;

ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORESCENCE;

ION BEAMS;

EID: 84884902131     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.01.035     Document Type: Article

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