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Characterisation of a real-time fibre-coupled beryllium oxide (BeO) luminescence dosimeter in X-ray beams

Santos et al., 2013

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3380758909174294850
Author
Santos A
Mohammadi M
Asp J
Monro T
Afshar S
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Radiation measurements

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For the first time the feasibility of using beryllium oxide (BeO) ceramics as a fibre-coupled radioluminescent dosimeter is investigated. BeO ceramic exhibits both radioluminescence (RL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), and has the potential to be a near tissue …
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