Radon track imaging in CR-39 plastic detectors using confocal scanning laser microscopy. 2005

N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
Centre for Earth & Environmental Sciences Research and School of Computing, Kingston University, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK. n.petford@kingston.ac.uk

Confocal scanning laser microscopy (CSLM) has been used to provide the first images of radon track populations in two external CR-39 plastic detectors. Measurements of variables including track area distribution and estimates of the angle of track inclination (dip) derived from surface CSLM sections are presented. CSLM depth slices, combined with three-dimensional (3D) visualization techniques, provide a new, non-destructive way of examining the 2D and 3D geometry of the etched tracks within solid-state nuclear track detectors that may prove useful in complementing existing optical microscopy methods.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries

Related Publications

N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
January 2006, Radiation protection dosimetry,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
January 2009, Acta histochemica,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
March 2015, The Review of scientific instruments,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
September 2025, Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
January 2014, Radiation protection dosimetry,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
February 2009, Biomedizinische Technik. Biomedical engineering,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
December 1993, Clinical genetics,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
February 2017, Journal of microscopy,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
January 2010, Developments in ophthalmology,
N Petford, and D Wertheim, and J A Miller
July 2015, Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift fur Dermatologie, Venerologie, und verwandte Gebiete,
Copied contents to your clipboard!