@article{8caca79283484a269d9fd3b47fe6644f,
title = "Microdosimetry in fast-neutron therapy by automatic readout of CR-39 solid state nuclear track detectors",
abstract = "The development of the solid state nuclear track detector CR-39 as a microdosimeter for high-energy neutron cancer therapy is given. The irradiation, etching and readout procedures are described and measured track size distributions are presented. The mathematical basis for converting a track size distribution to a microdosimetric spectrum is explained, and microdosimetric spectra as measured using both CR-39 and a tissue-equivalent Rossi-type proportional counter are compared.",
author = "Durham, {J. S.} and Blue, {T. E.} and Wehring, {B. W.} and Ragheb, {M. H.} and Blue, {J. W.}",
note = "Funding Information: * This work was supported in part by the Whitaker Founda-tion, the National Cancer Institute grant number 5-T32-CA-09067, and by the US Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC06-76RLO 1830. This manuscript is based upon J.S. Durham, Development of the Solid State Nuclear Track Detector CR-39 as a Microdosimeter for High-En-ergy Neutron Cancer Therapy, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1987). ** Present address: Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Box 999, Richland, Washington 99352, USA. *** Present Address: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA.",
year = "1989",
month = mar,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/0168-583X(89)90675-7",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "36",
pages = "319--331",
journal = "Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B",
issn = "0168-583X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "3",
}