title: Comparison of imaging plates with track detectors for fast-neutron dosimetry.
abstract: Imaging plate (IP) radiation detectors are widely used in industrial radiography, medical imagery and autoradiography. When an IP is exposed to ionising radiation, some of the energy is absorbed to form a latent image. The energy stored, which is proportional to the dose received, can be liberated by a selective optical stimulation and collected to reconstitute the distribution of the ionising radiation on the IP. In this work, IPs for use in fast-neutron measurements are characterised. The response of our IP dosemeters in conjunction with their reading system was found to be linear in dose between 75 microSv and 10 mSv. This performance is compared with those of dosemeters based on the plastic track detectors PN3 and CR-39.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Recherches Subatomiques, 23 Rue du Loess, BP 28, F-67037 Strasbourg 2, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Belafrites
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nourreddine
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mouhssine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nachab
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pape
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boucenna
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fernández
mesh_terms: D001822:Body Burden; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods; D005214:Fast Neutrons; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D018499:Linear Energy Transfer; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012542:Scattering, Radiation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes