A management system for thermoluminescence dosimetry

Author

Gfirtner, H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Med. Phys, Klinikum Passau, Germany

Volume

4

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

3238

Abstract

The advantages of LiF-TL dosimetry for clinical dosimetry like small size, water equivalence, independence of electron energy etc. are unfortunately accompanied by some drawbacks like individual calibration factors, their time dependence etc. These drawbacks make LiF-TL dosimetry somewhat inconvenient for routine dosimetry, if it is not handled properly. In order to overcome these problems, the authors developed a “TLD management system” on the basis of the developing environment NeXT Step under UNIX. The system consists of: data acquisition; graphically controlled glow curve deconvolution; standard evaluation with protocol; statistical evaluation of calibration measurements; overlaying glow curves for comparison

Keywords

calibration; data acquisition; dosimetry; medical computing; LiF; LiF-TL dosimetry; UNIX; clinical dosimetry; developing environment NeXT Step; electron energy independence; graphically controlled glow curve deconvolution; overlaying glow curves; routine dosimetry; statistical evaluation; thermoluminescence dosimetry management system; water equivalence; Calibration; Control systems; Data acquisition; Deconvolution; Dosimetry; Electrons; Environmental management; Measurement standards; Protocols; Thermal management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.901594

Filename

901594