Evaluation of a real-time optically stimulated luminescence beryllium oxide (BeO) fibre-coupled dosimetry system with a superficial 140 kVp X-ray beam.
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2019
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Santos, A.M.C.
Gowda, R.
Bezak, E.
Afshar, S.
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Physica Medica, 2019; 65:167-171
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the potential of real-time optically stimulated luminescence (rtOSL) measurements of a beryllium oxide (BeO) ceramic fibre-coupled luminescence dosimetry system. By pulsing the stimulation laser during the exposure to ionizing radiation, an rtOSL dose-rate measurement can be obtained which could be stem effect free. A portable rtOSL BeO ceramic fibre-coupled dosimetry system is presented and characterized using a constant dose-rate superficial 140 kVp X-ray beam. The rtOSL was measured for dose-rates between 0.29 and 3.88 Gy/min, controlled by varying the source to surface distance. After correcting for OSL decay during the exposure, a linear dose-rate response of the change in rtOSL (ΔrtOSL) was observed. The ΔrtOSL was also observed to be stem effect free.
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Copyright 2019 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica
Access Condition Notes: Accepted manuscript available on Open Access