Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10731447 Radiation Measurements 2005 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Polyacrylamid gels were used in the presence of radiation field heterogeneities, using 60Co. The polyacrylamid gels were compared with thermoluminescence dosimeters inside a polyvinylidene fluoride phantom. The latter presents a density close to bone and a volume similar to that of a human skull. The dimensions of the phantom do not allow the simple use of ionisation chambers, and therefore we opted for thermoluminescent dosimeters of the type “GR200A”, and for Monte-Carlo simulations. The results obtained under identical conditions inside the phantom showed good agreement between these different methods.
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