Performance testing of selected types of electronic personal dosimeters used in Sudan

I. I. Suliman; E. H. Yousif; A. A. Beineen; B. E. Yousif; M. Hassan

doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.032

Performance testing of selected types of electronic personal dosimeters used in Sudan

I. I. Suliman, E. H. Yousif, A. A. Beineen, B. E. Yousif, M. Hassan

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Measurements were carried out for calibration and performance testing of a set of 10 electronic personal dosimeters (EPDs) at the Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory of Sudan. Calibrations were carried out at three X-ray beam qualities described in ISO standard 4037 in addition to ¹³⁷Cs and ⁶⁰Co gamma ray beams. The experimental was performed with EPDs mounted on ICRU Slab phantom. X-ray and γ-ray beams were characterized in terms of air kerma free-in-air which were converted to the known delivered personal dose equivalent, H_p(10) using appropriate the air kerma to personal dose equivalent conversion coefficients. Dosimeters tested showed excellent energy and angular response and relative error of indication within the recommended limit for photon energies from 65 keV to 1.25 MeV. The study showed encouraging results for using electronic dosimeters in personal dosimetry.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1582-1584
Number of pages	3
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	45
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.05.032
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Electronic personal dosimeters
Personal dose equivalent
Radiation dosimetry

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Radiation
Instrumentation

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