Abstract
We aimed to evaluate the dosimetric characteristics of reproducibility, linearity and dose dependence of optical stimulated luminance dosimeter (OSLD) in the Co-60 Gamma-rays and to analyze with a precedent study in field of the diagnostic radiography and radiotherapy. The reproducibility was 0.76% of the coefficient of variation, the homogeneity was within 1.5% of the coefficient of variation and OSLD had supra-linear response more than 3 Gy. So the correlation between dose and count was fitted by quadratic function. The count depletion by repeated reading was 0.04% per reading regardless of the irradiated dose. And the half time of decay curve according to the irradiated dose was 0.68 min. with 1 Gy, 1.04 min. with 5 Gy, and 1.10 min. with 10 Gy, respectively. In case of annealing for 30 min, the removal rate was 88% with 1 Gy, 90% with 5 Gy, and 92% with 10 Gy, respectively and 99% in case of annealing time for 4 hour. It is feasible to use OSLDs for dose evaluation in Co-60 Gamma-rays when considering the uncertainty on the procedure according to the irradiated dose.
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Table 1.
Before sampling | After sampling | |
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Average±S.D | 72648±3400 | 72648±841 |
Range | From 63721 to 79336 | From 70889 to 74760 |
Coefficient of variation (%) | 4.68 | 0.92 |
Table 2.
Delivery dose | Factor about fitting equation (95% confidence bounds) | ||||
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A∗ | B∗ | K∗ | T1/2:0.693/k (min) | R2 | |
1 Gy | 0.739 (0.733∼0.745) | 0.702 (0.592∼0.825) | 1.014 (0.886∼1.140) | 0.683 (0.607∼0.781) | 0.993 |
5 Gy | 0.857 (0.851∼0.863) | 0.262 (0.207∼0.317) | 0.660 (0.507∼0.813) | 1.048 (0.851∼1.344) | 0.985 |
10 Gy | 0.900 (0.896∼0.903) | 0.178 (0.145∼0.210) | 0.626 (0.495∼0.757) | 1.105 (0.914∼1.390) | 0.988 |