title: Experimental determination of the dose deposition profile of a 90Sr beta source.
abstract: Three different methods for characterising the dose deposition profile of a (90)Sr/(90)Y radioactive source are described: GAFChromic film dosimetry, Thermoluminescence (TL) and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). For the film measurements, GAFChromic film samples were stacked at different depths between polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foils. For TL, the thickness of a TLD-500 dosemeter was gradually reduced by polishing and the TL from chips of different thickness was used in conjunction with a mathematical model based on the exponential attenuation of dose inside the crystal to determine the decay constant for the dose-depth profile. Finally, an OSL reader with confocal stimulation / detection capabilities was used to map the two-dimensional dose distribution in TLD-500 dosemeters as a function of depth. The shapes of the dose deposition profiles obtained from all the investigated methods are in good agreement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, 145 PS II, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. rgaza@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaza
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bulur
authors.forename: S W S
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: McKeever
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D001610:Beta Particles; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D013326:Strontium Radioisotopes