Electronic personal dosemeters: the solution to problems of individual monitoring in mixed neutron/photon fields?
An overview is given showing the main principles of the present-day electronic neutron dosemeters. The radiological performance of the devices is described in a comparative way. This includes chiefly the personal dose equivalent Hp(10) response for monoenergetic neutrons and in practical fields with broad energy distributions and estimations of the low dose limit for neutrons.
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Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, D-38116 Braunschweig, Germany. marlies.luszikk-bhadra@ptb.de
D016477:Artifacts; D001822:Body Burden; D002138:Calibration; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D009502:Neutrons; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D017785:Photons; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012307:Risk Factors; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical