title: Use of commercial alanine and TL dosemeters for dosimetry intercomparisons among Italian radiotherapy centres.
abstract: In the implementation of a large-scale dosimetry intercomparison one of the main constraints is the availability of large number of dosemeters of the highest quality. Therefore, ISS tested the possibility of using commercially available dosemeters, alanine pellets and thermoluminescence (TL) dosimetry chips, for transfer dosimetry within the Italian intercomparison programme. In this work the characterisation of commercial alanine and TL dosemeters along with the ISS dose assessment procedure used in the Italian intercomparison are reported. Results demonstrate the feasibility of the ISS approach to transfer dosimetry since it is possible to measure 10 Gy with a combined uncertainty of 1% (1sigma) and 1 Gy with a combined uncertainty of 1.7% (1sigma) with alanine and TL dosemeters, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena, 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. Sandro.Onori@iss.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onori
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bortolin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Calicchia
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Carosi
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Angelis
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Grande
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008422:Materials Testing; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*
chemical_list: D000409:Alanine