Quantitative read-out of Al2O3:C,Mg-based fluorescent nuclear track   detectors using a commercial confocal microscope
  Fluorescent nuclear track detectors (FNTD) show great potential for applications in ion-beam therapy research, such as dosimetry, advanced beam characterization, in-vivo use or as radiobiological assay. A essential feature of FNTDs is their ability to assess the energy loss of single ions yielding for example LET estimations. This article describes the basic characterisations of FNTDs and our read-out system (a Zeiss LSM710 confocal laser scanning microscope) to enable quantative measurements of energy loss. 
Steffen Greilich, Julia-Maria Osinga, Martin Niklas, Florian Lauer,   Felix Bestvater, Oliver J\"akel
physics.ins-det physics.med-ph