title: Simulated and measured Hp(10) response of the personal dosemeter Seibersdorf.
abstract: The Hp(10) energy response of the personal dosemeter Seibersdorf and its two different filtered LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100) thermoluminescence (TL) detectors are investigated. A close-to-reality simulation model of the personal dosemeter badge including the wrapped detector card was implemented with the MCNP Monte Carlo N-particle transport code. The comparison of measured and computationally calculated response using a semi-empirical TL efficiency function is carried out to provide information about the quality of the results of both methods, experiment and simulation. Similar to the experimental calibration conditions, the irradiation of dosemeters centred on the front surface of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) water slab phantom is simulated using ISO-4037 reference photon radiation qualities with mean energies between 24 keV and 1.25 MeV and corresponding ISO conversion coefficients. The comparison of the simulated and measured relative Hp(10) energy responses resulted in good agreement within some percent except for the filtered TL element at lower photon energies.
authors.affiliation: Austrian Research Centers-ARC, 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria. christian.hranitzky@arcs.ac.at
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hranitzky
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Stadtmann
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001317:Austria; D001822:Body Burden; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D038622:Internationality; D008954:Models, Biological; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000032:analysis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012062:Relative Biological Effectiveness; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*