title: Directionality of extruded lithium fluoride thermoluminescent dosemeters in a cobalt-60 beam.
abstract: An experimental investigation of the directionality of commercially available extruded lithium fluoride (LiF:Mg,Ti) thermoluminescent dosemeters was carried out in a cobalt-60 beam at a water depth of 5 cm. One-half of a batch of 60 chips (3.1 x 3.1 x 0.9 mm3) was exposed face-on (faces perpendicular to the beam central axis), and the other half was exposed in an edge-on orientation (two edges perpendicular and faces parallel to the beam axis). Measurements show that an edge-on exposure results in a thermoluminescence reading approximately 0.9% lower than a face-on exposure. Although this is of minor importance in every day patient dosimetry, it is relevant in evaluating errors in in-phantom dosimetric measurements where greater accuracy is required.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, UK.
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Batey
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Mosleh-Shirazi
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D018020:Lithium Compounds; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D018020:Lithium Compounds