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http://dx.doi.org/10.9728/dcs.2015.16.3.463

The comparison of angular dependence for optical stimulated luminescence dosimeter(OSLD) and electronic personal dosimeter(EPD) used in Diagnostic Radiology  

Kwon, Soon-mu (Daegu Health College Dept.of Radiologic Technology)
Park, Jeong-kyu (Daegu Health College Dept.of Radiologic Technology)
Kim, Boo-soon (Daegu Health College Dept.of Radiologic Technology)
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Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.16, no.3, 2015 , pp. 463-470 More about this Journal
Abstract
The angular dependence of active dosimeters, EPD, is analysed and compared with that of passive dosimeters, OSLD, after evaluating their relative response and uncertainty of measurement, where it is known that the personal use of them has been increased recently. There appeared a minor variation for average relative response of OSLD in the horizontal and vertical directions within the range $0^{\circ}{\sim}{\pm}90^{\circ}$, which are 0.97 and 0.95 respectively. The variations of angular dependence in the same situations with OSLD are 0.65 and 0.62, respectively, which also reveals a negligible effect on the overall uncertainty. EPDs within the interval $0^{\circ}{\sim}{\pm}60^{\circ}$ for horizontal and vertical directions are 0.94 and 0.97, respectively. These satisfy the requirements of IEC 61526. Uncertainties about the dependence of direction from horizontal and vertical directions are 0.44, 0.40, respectively. The impact of these uncertainties on the overall uncertainty was negligible. However, we observed a significant change in reactivity: the relative reactivities for $+90^{\circ}$ and $-90^{\circ}$ from the horizontal direction are 0.60, 0.37, while that form vertical direction is 0.06. The direction dependence of OSLD was superior to EPD in the range of $0^{\circ}{\sim}{\pm}90^{\circ}$. There appeared a rapidly changing structural features in EPD response for a certain direction. Therefore, we conclude that concurrent use of passive dosimeters and auxiliary dosimeter provides accurate data for personal dose measurements.
Keywords
Electronic personal dosimeter; Optical stimulated luminescence dosimeter; Angular dependence; Relative response; Uncertainty of measurement;
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