A formalism for the absorbed dose evaluation of the glass dosimeter

We propose in the present work how the reference glass dosimeters can be introduced, which reflects the user irradiation condition. The reference glass dosimeters are used for correcting the reader fluctuation by reading it with sample glass dosimeters at the same time. Since they can be used without annealing after irradiation for long periods, one should consider both the fading effect and the natural background dose accumulation quantitatively. We construct an empirical but practical formalism of evaluating the absorbed dose on the glass dosimeter with the fading effect and the natural background dose accumulation considered.(c) 2023 Korean Nuclear Society, Published by Elsevier Korea LLC. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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In this study, we propose a method to introduce reference glass dosimeters that reflect user irradiation conditions. The reference glass dosimeters are used to correct reader fluctuation by reading them simultaneously with sample glass dosimeters. Since the reference glass dosimeters can be used without annealing after irradiation for long periods, the fading effect and natural background dose accumulation need to be quantitatively considered. We establish an empirical but practical formalism for evaluating absorbed dose on the glass dosimeter, taking into account the fading effect and natural background dose accumulation.