Evaluation of the performance of two LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P dosemeters for extremity monitoring

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 15 Nov 2010 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Radiation Protection Dosimetry, volume 144, pages 140-143 (issn: 0144-8420, eissn: 1742-3406,

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Authors: L C, Freire; M F, Pereira; A M, Calado; L M, Santos; J V, Cardoso; J G, Alves;

doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncq366

pmid: 21081520

Evaluation of the performance of two LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P dosemeters for extremity monitoring

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Abstract

In this paper, the results aimed at assessing the performance of two varieties of LiF detectors (LiF:Mg,Ti and LiF:Mg,Cu,P) in photon fields relatively to reproducibility, detection threshold and angular dependence as defined in the ISO 12794 standard are presented. The fading properties and the limit of detection were also investigated for both materials. The results suggest that both LiF varieties are well suited for extremity monitoring. However, better fading properties of LiF:Mg,Cu,P when compared with LiF:Mg,Ti, combined with previous results relatively to energy dependence suggests that LiF:Mg,Cu,P dosemeters are better suited for extremity monitoring.

Keywords

Radioisotopes, Titanium, Models, Statistical, Reproducibility of Results, Phosphorus, Radiation Dosage, Fluorides, Radiation Protection, Radiation Monitoring, Materials Testing, Lithium Compounds, Humans, Magnesium, Radiometry, Algorithms, Copper

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