One of the main objectives Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL) in radiotherapy dosimetry is verifying radiation dose provided to patients accurate and meets globally recognised standards. Properly calibrating therapy dosimeters used centres first step SSDL must take ensure this goal attained. This study analyses calibration coefficients long-term stability calibrated by Nuklear Malay...

This report is intended to be an overview of the activities of the Radioactivity Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for the meeting of Section I (x and gamma rays, charged particles) of the Consultative Committee on Ionizing Radiation (CCRI), March 26-28, 2013. Since the last meeting of CCRI(II), a reorganization of the Ionizing Radiation Division has taken place...

The photo-transferred optically stimulated luminescence (PTOSL) technique using Al2O3:C detectors has been suggested as a good option for ultraviolet (UV) radiation dosimetry. The objective of this work was to study the PTOSL response of Al2O3:C InLight detectors and the OSL microStar reader of Landauer. The parameters such as radiation pre-dose, optical treatment time and UV illumination time ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa introduction: in radiation therapy centers across iran, protection of normal tissues is usually accomplished by either cerrobend or lead block shielding. in this study, the influence of these two shielding methods on central axis dose distribution of photon beam a cobalt unit was investigated in clinical conditions. materials and methods: all measureme...

Background: The purpose of this work was to investigate the use of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) dyed with methyl red as a high dose radiation dosimetry. Materials and Methods: Commercial PVC films from Sabic made from resins PVC57S with thickness of 60 µm and methyl red with a molecular weight of 269.31 were used. Irradiation was carried out using a 60Co γ-ray generator with sources arr...

The main high temperature peaks in the glow curves of LiF:Mg,Ti (assigned as 6 and 7), which appear at about 260 O C-270 O C, are known to have an enhanced response to higher LET radiation (as α particles) than to lower LET radiation (as photons). This effect can be used to discriminate between neutron and gamma radiations. In most works in the past a slow heating rate of up to ∼10C/s was emplo...

background: in order to deliver the precise dose to the target in radiotherapy, absorbed dose to water at the reference point should be assessed. when the calibration procedure is performed for a reference dosimeter in the 60co beam of a secondary standard dosimetry laboratory (ssdl), the total uncertainty in absorbed dose to water (dw) is estimated to be approximately 1.5%. this study attempts...