Radiation dosimeter using an extrinsic fiber optic sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 673-685

  McCarthy, Denis ^a   O'Keeffe, Sinad ^a   Lewis, Elfed ^a   Sporea, Dan G ^b   Sporea, Adelina ^b   Tiseanu, Ion ^b   Woulfe, Peter ^c   Cronin, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^c Galway Clinic   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fiber optic radiation sensor; inorganic scintillator; PMMA optical fiber; X ray dosimeter

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FIBER-OPTIC RADIATION SENSORS; INORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; OPTICAL SPECTROMETERS; RADIATION DOSIMETERS; SCINTILLATING LIGHTS; SCINTILLATING OPTICAL FIBERS;

DOSIMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION SHIELDING; SCINTILLATION; SENSORS; SPECTROMETERS;

X RAYS;

EID: 84892407493     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2284857     Document Type: Article

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