A unique calibration curve for alanine EPR dosimetry systems

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 47, Issue 11-12, 1996, Pages 1269-1275

  Wieser, A ^a   Girzikowsky, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CALIBRATION; CURVE FITTING; DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESTIMATION; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MICROWAVES; SPECTROMETERS;

ALANINE; CALIBRATION CURVE; EXPONENTIAL FUNCTION; RADICALS;

DOSIMETRY;

ALANINE DOSIMETRY; CALIBRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030293058     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(96)00169-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (21)

1. Arber J. M., Sharpe P. H. G., Joly H. A., Morton J. R. and Preston K. F. (1991) The ESR/alanine dosimeter-power dependence of the X-band spectrum. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 42, 665-668.
2. Arber J. M. and Sharpe P. H. G. (1993) Fading characteristics of irradiated alanine pellets: the importance of pre-irradiation conditioning. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44, 19-22.
3. ASTM (1995) Annual Book of Standards. E 1607-94 Practice for Use of the Alanine-EPR Dosimetry System, Vol. 12.02, pp. 846-851. ASTM, Philadelphia, Pa.
4. Bartolotta A., Indovina P. L., Onori S. and Rosati A. (1984) Dosimetry for cobalt-60 gamma rays with alanine. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 9, 277-281.
5. Coninckx F., Schönbacher H., Tavlet M., Onori S., Pantaloni M., Wieser A., Janett A. and Kojima T. (1996) Response of alanine dosimeters to irradiations at cryogenic temperatures. Appl. Radiat. Isot. In press.
6. de Angelis C., Fattibene P., Onori S., d'Errico F., Egger E. and Janovsky I. (1996) Alanine dosimetry in proton beam therapy. Appl. Radiat. Isot. In press.
7. Dusemund B. and Hüttermann J. (1996) Free radicals from DNA after bombardment with heavy ions: modelling dose response curves. Appl. Radiat. Isot. (submitted).
8. Hansen J. W. and Olsen K. J. (1985) Theoretical and experimental radiation effectiveness of the free radical dosimeter alanine to irradiation with heavy charged particles. Radiat. Res. 104, 15-27.
9. Hansen J. W., Watigorski M. P. R. and Byrski E. (1989) Intercomparison of gamma ray, X ray, and fast neutron dosimetry using alanine detectors. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 27, 85-92.
10. McLaughlin W. L. (1993) ESR dosimetry. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 47, 255-262.
11. Mehta K. (1996) High dose standardization service of the IAEA. Appl. Radiat. Isot. (submitted).
12. 60Co gamma-radiation. Int. J. Rad. Biol. 7, 587-599.
13. Onori S., Bartolotta A., Caccia B., Indovina P. L., Milano F., Scarpa G., Caporali C. and Moscati M. (1990) Dosimetric characteristics of alanine-based ESR detectors in electron beams used in radiotherapy. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 34, 287-289.
14. Regulla D. F. and Deffner U. (1982) Dosimetry by ESR spectroscopy of alanine. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 33, 1101-1114.
15. Regulla D., Bartolotta A., Deffner U., Onori S., Pantoloni M. and Wieser A. (1993) Calibration network based on alanine/ESR dosimetry. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44, 23-31.
16. Rotblat J. and Simmons J. A. (1963) Dose-response relationship in the yield of radiation-induced free radicals in amino acids. Phys. Med. Biol. 7, 489-498.
17. Schaeken B. and Scalliet P. (1996) One year of experience with alanine dosimetry in radiotherapy. Appl. Radiat. Isot. In press.
18. Schraube H., Weitzenegger E., Wieser A. and Regulla D. F. (1989) Fast neutron response of alanine probes. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 40, 941-944.
19. Snipes W. and Horan P. K. (1967) Electron spin resonance studies of the free radical turnover in gamma irradiated single crystals of alanine. Radiat. Res. 30, 307-315.
20. Wieser A., Siegele R. and Regulla D. F. (1989) Influence of the irradiation temperature on the free-radical response of alanine. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 40, 957-959.
21. Wieser A., Lettau C., Fill U. and Regulla D. F. (1993) The influence of non-radiation induced ESR background signal from paraffin-alanine probes for dosimetry in the radiotherapy dose range. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 44, 59-65.