Design of Interrogation Protocols for Radiation Dose Measurements Using Optically-Stimulated Luminescent Dosimeters. Issue 3 (March 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Abraham, Sara A.; Kearfott, Kimberlee J.; Jawad, Ali H.; Boria, Andrew J.; Buth, Tobias J.; Dawson, Alexander S.; Eng, Sheldon C.; Frank, Samuel J.; Green, Crystal A.; Jacobs, Mitchell L.; Liu, Kevin; Miklos, Joseph A.; Nguyen, Hien; Rafique, Muhammad; Rucinski, Blake D.; Smith, Travis; Tan, Yanliang
• Is Part Of: Health physics. Volume 112:Issue 3(2017:Mar.)
• Publication Date: 2017-03
• Subjects: detector, thermoluminescent -- dose, external -- monitoring, personnel; Biophysics -- Periodicals; Health Physics -- periodicals; Radiation Protection -- periodicals; Radiotherapy -- periodicals; Medische fysica; Electronic journals; 612.01448
• DOI: 10.1097/HP.0000000000000628
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0017-9078

Abstract

Abstract : Abstract: Optically-stimulated luminescent dosimeters are capable of being interrogated multiple times post-irradiation. Each interrogation removes a fraction of the signal stored within the optically-stimulated luminescent dosimeter. This signal loss must be corrected to avoid systematic errors in estimating the average signal of a series of optically-stimulated luminescent dosimeter interrogations and requires a minimum number of consecutive readings to determine an average signal that is within a desired accuracy of the true signal with a desired statistical confidence. This paper establishes a technical basis for determining the required number of readings for a particular application of these dosimeters when using certain OSL dosimetry systems.