ESTIMATION OF PERSONAL DOSE EQUIVALENT HP(0.07) USING CASO4:DY TEFLON DISC-BASED EXTREMITY DOSEMETER. 2022

Madhumita Bhattacharya, and Kasthuri Samuel, and Sandeep Patil, and Rohit Yadav, and A K Bakshi, and Sunil K Singh, and B K Sapra
Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic and Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai 400 094, India.

The radiation workers in India use extremity dosemeter in occupational areas where there is likelihood of receiving significant dose to extremities of the body. Algorithm used for the estimation of whole body dose and extremity dose of wrist are same and is based on slab phantom calibration. However, internationally, different phantoms are recommended for calibration of dosemeter used for extremity and whole body. The recommended quantity for estimation of dose to extremity is the personal dose equivalent Hp(0.07) at 0.07 mm depth. In light of this, an algorithm was developed for estimation of wrist dose in terms of Hp(0.07) based on calibration performed on ISO recommended pillar phantom. Performance of the dosemeter for the estimation of Hp(0.07) with new algorithm was carried out at different angular exposures of photon beams and mixed field of photon and beta. Comparison of results obtained for two types of ISO phantoms (slab and pillar) is also performed for photon beams to highlight the uncertainty caused due to the use of the slab phantom. In case of beta radiation, it was found that the size and shape of the phantom has very little influence in the response of the dosemeter. Performance of the dosemeter using ISO slab and ISO pillar phantoms for beta radiation using the prevalent algorithm was carried out and found to be within the uncertainty limits laid down by ISO except at angle 60°.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007194 India A country in southern Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, between Burma and Pakistan. The capitol is New Delhi. Republic of India
D011138 Polytetrafluoroethylene Homopolymer of tetrafluoroethylene. Nonflammable, tough, inert plastic tubing or sheeting; used to line vessels, insulate, protect or lubricate apparatus; also as filter, coating for surgical implants or as prosthetic material. Synonyms: Fluoroflex; Fluoroplast; Ftoroplast; Halon; Polyfene; PTFE; Tetron. FEP,Fluon,Politef,Polytef,TFE,Teflon,Expanded PTFE,Fluoroplast,GORE-TEX,Goretex,PTFE,Tarflen,GORE TEX,PTFE, Expanded
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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