Principles for the design and calibration of radiation protection dosemeters for operational and protection quantities for eye lens dosimetry

Authors: Bordy, J. M.; Gualdrini, G.; Daures, J.; Mariotti, F.

Source: Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Volume 144, Numbers 1-4, 9 March 2011 , pp. 257-261(5)

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Abstract:

The work package two of the ORAMED project—Collaborative Project (2008-2011) supported by the European Commission within its seventh Framework Programme—is devoted to the study of the eye lens dosimetry. A first approach is to implement the use of H_p(3) by providing new sets of conversion coefficients and well suited calibration and type test procedures. This approach is presented in other papers in the proceedings of this conference. Taking into account that the eye lens is an organ close to the surface of the body, another approach would be to directly estimate the absorbed dose to the eye lens, D_lens,est through a special calibration procedure although this quantity is not directly measurable. This paper is a methodological paper that tries to identify the critical aspects of a dosimetry in terms of D_lens.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rpd/ncr010

Publication date: 2011-03-09

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RPD publishes peer-reviewed papers covering all aspects of personal and environmental dosimetry and monitoring for both ionising and non-ionising radiations. This includes biological aspects, physical concepts, biophysical dosimetry, external and internal personal dosimetry and monitoring, environmental and workplace monitoring and accident dosimetry and dosimetry related to the protection of patients.