Front cover -- Half title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1 Introduction to luminescence and radiation dosimetry techniques -- 1.1 Introduction to luminescence -- 1.1.1 Fluorescence and phosphorescence -- 1.2 Mechanism of luminescence -- 1.3 Types of luminescence -- 1.3.1 Bioluminescence -- 1.3.2 Chemiluminescence -- 1.3.3 Electroluminescence -- 1.3.4 Cathodoluminescence -- 1.3.5 Mechanoluminescence -- 1.3.6 Radioluminescence -- 1.3.7 Thermoluminescence -- 1.3.8 Photoluminescence -- 1.3.9 Ionoluminescence -- 1.3.10 Lyoluminescence -- 1.3.11 Optically stimulated luminescence -- 1.4 Introduction to radiation dosimetry -- 1.5 Radiation dosimetry techniques -- 1.5.1 Ionization chamber dosimetry -- 1.5.2 Film dosimetry -- 1.5.3 Luminescence dosimetry -- 1.5.4 Semiconductor dosimetry -- 1.5.5 Chemical dosimetry -- 1.5.6 Gel dosimetry -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 Principle, mechanism, and models of radiation dosimetry -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Type of radiation fields -- 2.2.1 Alpha radiation -- 2.2.2 Beta radiation -- 2.2.3 Gamma radiation -- 2.2.4 X-rays -- 2.2.5 Neutron radiation -- 2.3 Basics of radiation dosimetry -- 2.3.1 Definition of dosimetric quantities -- 2.3.2 Units of dosimetric quantities -- 2.4 Interaction of radiation with matter -- 2.4.1 Electrons -- 2.4.2 Neutrons -- 2.4.3 Heavy charged particles -- 2.5 Thermoluminescence, its mechanism, and models -- 2.5.1 Simple model -- 2.6 Advancements in radiation dosimetry -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 A scrutiny of phosphors for TL radiation dosimetry -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Thermoluminescence dosimetry -- 3.3 Characteristics of thermoluminescence dosimeter -- 3.3.1 Linearity/linear dose-response -- 3.3.2 Sensitivity -- 3.3.3 Fading -- 3.3.4 Accuracy -- 3.3.5 Precision -- 3.3.6 Dose rate dependence.