title: Response of TL materials to diagnostic radiology X radiation beams.
abstract: The main objective of this study was to carry out a direct performance comparison among some known types of TLDs-three types of CaSO(4):Dy pellets, sintered Al(2)O(3) pellets, LiF:Mg,Ti (Harshaw TLD-100), CaF(2):Dy (Harshaw TLD-200) and CaF(2):Mn (Harshaw TLD-400)-in the energy and dose ranges of diagnostic radiology beams. Several dosimetric characteristics were evaluated, such as reproducibility, sensitivity, calibration curves, lower dose limits and energy dependence.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil. afmaia@ufs.br
authors.forename: Ana F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Maia
authors.forename: Linda V E
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Caldas
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008420:Manufactured Materials / Q000032:analysis*; D008422:Materials Testing; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014965:X-Rays