Naslov
A Technology Overview of Active Ionizing Radiation Dosemeters for Photon Fields

Autori
Pavelić, Luka ; Lacković, Igor ; Mihić, Marija Surić ; Prlić, Ivica

Izvornik
Radiation Protection Dosimetry (0144-8420) 188 (2019), 3; 361-371

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
dosimetry ; active electronic dosimeters ; detectors

Sažetak
Radiation protection and radiation dosimetry strongly rely on measurements performed by dosimetry instrumentation. Two categories of dosimetry instrumentation prevail: personal dosemeters and survey meters. Passive dosemeters were for many years the base of personal and area dosimetry (environmental, including workplace). Survey meters have been long-established between area meters due to their dose rate measurement capability, but just over a decade ago, debates over possibility that electronic personal dosemeters (EPDs) could replace passive personal dosemeters as legal monitoring devices have started. These debates have now branched into the use of EPDs, but also survey meters in various exposure scenarios, where some concerns have been reported. These concerns were mostly related to the response in pulsed X-ray fields and poor energy response. This paper summarizes recent literature related to electronic dosemeters for strongly penetrating photon radiation and covers technologies used in contemporary EPDs and survey meters, their performance and future perspectives.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Fizika, Interdisciplinarne prirodne znanosti, Interdisciplinarne tehničke znanosti, Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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