Technical performance of the luxel Al2O3:C optically stimulated luminescence dosemeter element at radiation oncology and nuclear accident dose levels

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 435-442

  Miller, Steven D ^a   Murphy, Mark K ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LIGHT; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION ACCIDENT; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ACCIDENTS, RADIATION; ALUMINUM OXIDE; HUMANS; LIGHT; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34548794727     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl500     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. 3 thermoluminescent phosphor. Phys. Med. Biol. 21(6), 955-964 (1976).
2. 3:C beta TL detector. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 66(1-4), 105-110 (1996).
3. 3: application to dosimetry. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 84(1-4), 91-94 (1999).
4. 3:C. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 65(1-4), 267-272 (1996).
5. 3 for use in thermally and optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 84(1-4), 163-168 (1999).
6. Akselrod, M. S. and McKeever, S. W. S. A radiation dosimetry method using pulsed optically stimulated luminescence. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 81(3), 167-175 (1999).
7. 3:C. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 100(1-4), 255-260 (2002).
8. 3 fibres. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 100(1-4), 301-304 (2002).
9. 3:C. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry. 109(4), 269-276 (2004).
10. 3:C dosimeters. Phys. Med. Biol. 50, 5619-5628 (2005).
11. McKeever, S. W. S. and Moscovitch, M. Topics under debate: on the advantages and disadvantages of optically stimulated luminescence dosimetry and thermoluminescence dosimetry. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 104(3), 263-270 (2003).
12. Heidorn, D. B., Ten-Haken, R. K., Roberson, P. L. and Buchsbaum, D. J. A sensitivity study of micro-TLDs for in vivo dosimetry of radioimmunotherapy. Med. Phys. 18(6) 1195-1199 (1991).
13. Ogden, K., Lavallee, R., Huda, W., Rodkopf, M. and Scalzetti, E. Calibration of TLD chips to maximize accuracy in radiographic phantom dosimetry. Med. Phys. 32(6) 1907 (2005).
14. Moscovitch, M., Szalanczy, A., Bruml, W. W., Velbeck, K. J. and Tawil, R. A. M. A. TLD system based on gas heating with linear time temperature profile. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 34(1-4), 361-364 (1990).
15. Abdel-Fattah, A. A. and Miller, A. Temperature, humidity and time. Combined effects on radiochromic film dosimeters. Radiat. Phys. Chem. 47(4), 611-621 (1996).
16. Miller, S. D. U.S. Patent No. 5,567,948 (22 October 1996).
17. Miller, S. D. U.S. Patent No. 5,569,927 (29 October 1996).
18. Miller, S. D. U.S. Patent No. 5,731,590 (24 March 1998).
19. 3:C. Rad. Meas. 24(4), 457-463 (1995).
20. Miljanić, S., Knezžvić, Ž., Štuhec, M., Ranogajec-Komor, M., Krpan, K., and Vekić, B. Energy dependence of new thermoluminescent detectors in terms of Hp(10) values. Radiat. Prot. Dosimetry 106(3), 253-256 (2003).
21. Miller, S. D. and Yoder, R. C. Development of a miniature optically-stimulated luminescence reader for alumina. Health Phys. 72(6), 19 (1997).
22. Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 24. Physical aspects of quality assurance in radiation therapy. Report No. 13. (College Park, Maryland: American Association of Physicists in Medicine) (1984).
23. Nagy, V., Puhl, J. M. and Desrosiers, M. F. Advancements in accuracy of the alanine dosimetry system. Part 2. The influence of the irradiation temperature. Radiat. Phys. Chem. 57, 1-9 (2000).