A dosimeter for long wave ultraviolet radiation.
A polymer film, which incorporates phenothiazine as the chromophore, has been developed as a personnel dosimeter for long wave ultraviolet radiation. It is stable, reproducible and is particularly suited to monitoring the doses received by patients undergoing photochemotherapy for psoriasis.
D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008730:Methoxsalen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010778:Photochemotherapy; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000188:drug therapy; D014467:Ultraviolet Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*
D008730:Methoxsalen