title: Electron spin resonance dosimetric properties of bone.
abstract: The characteristics of electron spin resonance (ESR) dosimetry using bovine bone samples are described. The number of paramagnetic centers created by gamma radiation in the inorganic bone matrix was measured as a function of absorbed dose. The minimum detectable dose was 0.5 Gy for 60Co gamma rays. The response was linear up to the maximum dose studied (30 Gy) and independent of dose rate up to the maximum dose rate used (1.67 Gy min-1). For different bone samples the reproducibility was 5%. This method may be valuable for nuclear accident dosimetry.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002417:Cattle; D017886:Durapatite; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006882:Hydroxyapatites / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D006882:Hydroxyapatites; D017886:Durapatite