In order to supervise quality control and reliability of approved dosimetry services, the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) organizes periodic national comparisons. The main results of the 2001 comparison organised by the CSN among 22 approved Personal Dosimetry Services are presented. All participants used TLD systems and measured Hp(10) and Hp(0.07). Irradiations were performed according t...

This work presents experimental dosimetry results for a new 103Pd brachytherapy seed, in accordance with the AAPM TG-43U1 recommendation that all new low-energy interstitial brachytherapy seeds should undergo one Monte Carlo (MC) and at least one experimental dosimetry characterization. Measurements were performed using TLD-GR200A circular chip dosimeters using standard methods employing thermo...

The Brazilian legislation has only established diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in terms of Multiple Scan Average Dose (MSAD) as a quality control parameter for computed tomography (CT) scanners. Compliance with DRLs can be verified by measuring the Computed Tomography Kerma Index (Ca,100) with a pencil ionization chamber or by obtaining the kerma distribution in CT scans with radiochromic fi...

Introduction: The determination of patient’s absorbed dose is the first step of radiation protection which depends on the quantification of organ activity in nuclear medicine. The aim of the present study was to determine the absorbed dose by patient’s uterus following myocardial perfusion scan with 99mTC-sestamibi using Theroluminescnce dosimetry (TLD) and conjugate-view metho...

Abstract Following the 2013/59/EURATOM Directive, Italian 101/2020 Decree Law lowered annual limit on equivalent dose to eye lens from 150 20 mSv for exposed workers, in order risk of radiation-induced cataract. Such a drastic reduction makes it very important perform accurate monitoring medical staff that works with ionizing radiation as interventional radiologists and cardiologists. The stand...

Background: Small-field dosimetry remains an open challenge globally. Thus, it is crucial to consider adequate reference codes of practice for the performance dosimetry. Furthermore, as part good clinical practice, implementation new implies development a audit program. In this work, pilot dosimetric protocol established measuring absolute dose in water small fields using micro-TLDs LiF:Mg,Ti d...

This study is the first to use 10- to 90-kg tissue-equivalent phantoms as patient surrogates to measure peripheral skin doses (Dskin) in lung cancer treatment through Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy of the Axesse linac. Five tissue-equivalent and Rando phantoms were used to simulate lung cancer patients using the thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD-100H) approach. TLD-100H was calibrated using 6 ...

The aim of the TLD pilot study was to investigate and to reduce the uncertainties involved in the measurements of absorbed dose and to improve the consistency in dose determination in the regional radiotherapy centres in Poland. The intercomparison was organized by the SSDL. It covered absorbed dose measurements under reference conditions for Co-60, high energy X-rays and electron beams. LiF po...