Comparison of sample preparation and signal evaluation methods for EPR analysis of tooth enamel

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1059-1064

  Wieser, A ^a   Onori, S ^b   Aragno, D ^b   Fattibene, P ^b   Romanyukha, A ^c   Ignatiev, E ^c   Koshta, A ^c   Skvortzov, V ^d   Ivannikov, A ^d   Stepanenko, V ^d   Chumak, V ^e   Sholom, S ^e   Haskell, E ^f   Hayes, R ^f   Kenner, G ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d MEDICAL RADIOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^e Sci Center of Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose reconstruction; EPR; Tooth enamel

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENAMEL; EVALUATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IRRADIATION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTROMETER; TOOTH;

DENTAL ENAMEL; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HUMANS; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0034658536     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00050-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (14)

1. Aragno, D., Fattibene, P., Onori, S., 2000. EPR Dose Reconstruction with Tooth Enamel at ISS, in preparation.
2. Chumak V., Bailiff I., Baran N., Bugai A., Dubovsky S., Fedosov I., Finin V., Haskell E., Hayes R., Ivannikov A., Kenner G., Kirillov V., Khamidova L., Kolesnik S., Liidja G., Likhtarev I., Lippmaa E., Maksimenko V., Meijer A., Minenko V., Pasalskaya L., Past J., Puskar J., Radchuk V., Sholom S., Skvortzov V., Stepanenko V., Vaher U., Wieser A. The first international intercomparison of EPR-dosimetry with teeth: first results. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 47:1996;1281-1286.
3. Chumak V., Sholom S., Pasalskaya L., Pavlenko Y. Retrospective dosimetry with teeth: way from state-of-art laboratory technique to routine tool. Proceedings of International Workshop on Radiation Exposures by Nuclear Facilities: Evidence of the Impact on Health, 9-12 July 1996, Portsmouth, England :1998;289-295.
4. Egersdörfer S., Wieser A., Müller A. Tooth enamel as a detector material for retrospective EPR dosimetry. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 47:1996;1299-1303.
5. Fattibene P., Aragno D., Onori S. Effectiveness of chemical etching for background EPR signal reduction in tooth enamel. Health Physics. 75:1999;500-505.
6. Haskell E.H., Hayes R.B., Kenner G.H. Improved accuracy of EPR dosimetry using a constant rotation goniometer. Radiat. Meas. 27:1997;325-329.
7. Haskell E.H., Hayes R.B., Kenner G.H., Sholom S., Chumak V. EPR techniques and space biodosimetry. Radiat. Res. 148:1997;51-59.
8. Haskell E.H., Hayes R.B., Kenner G.H., Wieser A., Aragno D., Fattibene P., Onori S. Achievable resolution and accuracy in EPR dosimetry of tooth enamel. Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 84:1999;527-535.
9. Ignatiev E.A., Romanyukha A.A., Koshta A.A., Wieser A. Selective saturation method for EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 47:1996;333-337.
10. Koshta, A.A., Wieser, A., Romanyukha, A.A., 2000. New computer realization of routine EPR-dosimetry on tooth enamel. Appl. Radiat. Isot.
11. Romanyukha A.A., Regulla D., Vasilenko E., Wieser A. South Ural nuclear workers: Comparison of individual doses from retrospective EPR dosimetry and operational personal monitoring. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 45:1994;1195-1199.
12. Skvortzov V.G., Ivannikov A.I., Eichoff U. Assessment of individual accumulated irradiation doses using EPR spectroscopy of tooth enamel. J. Mol. Struct. 347:1995;321-329.
13. Wieser, A., Chumak, V., Bailiff, I., Baran, N., Bougai, A., Brik, A., Dubrovsky, S., Finin, V., Haskell, E., Hayes, R., Ivannikov, A., Kenner, G., Kirillov, V., Kolesnik, S., Liidja, G., Lippmaa, E., Maksimenko, V., Matyash, M., Meijer, A., Minenko, V., Pasalskaya, L., Past, J., Pavlenko, J., Puskar, J., Radchuk, V., Scherbina, O., Sholom, S., Skvortsov, V., Stepanenko, V., Vaher., Ü., 1996. International intercomparison of dose measurements using EPR spectrometry of tooth enamel. In: Karaoglou, A., Desmet, G., Kelly, G.N., Menzel, H.G. (Eds.), EUR 16544 - the Radiological Consequences of the Chernobyl Accident, European Commission Brussels, 1996, pp. 957-964.
14. Wieser, A., Egersdörfer, S., Koshta, A.A., Romanyukha, A.A., 2000. Dose reconstruction in tooth enamel by deconvolution of the EPR Spectrum, in preparation.