ArticleRadiation measurements2016
Emergency EPR dosimetry technique using vacuum-stored dry nails.
Article in Radiation measurements, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- The effects of age and other individual factors on radiation induced ESR signals from fingernails.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The design of X-band EPR cavity with narrow detection aperture for in vivo fingernail dosimetry after accidental exposure to ionizing radiation.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- E-sensing, calibrated PSL, and improved ESR techniques discriminate irradiated fresh grapefruits and lemons.Journal of food science and technology · 2020Article
- The effect of sunlight and UV lamps on EPR signal in nails.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2019Article
- Stability of X-band EPR signals from fingernails under vacuum storage.Radiation physics and chemistry (Oxford, England : 1993) · 2017Article
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Abstract
Human finger- and toenails have been tested with an X-band EPR technique for different conditions of nail storage. The main radiation-induced signal at g=2.005 demonstrated good stability if the samples were stored in a vacuum at room temperature after nail harvesting and irradiation. On the basis of this phenomenon, a new protocol is proposed to use the nails as possible emergency EPR dosimeters. The dosimetry protocol was tested on laboratory-exposed samples and demonstrated the ability to recover doses in the region 0-10 Gy with an estimated uncertainty of approximately 0.3-0.4 Gy for doses in the range < 2 Gy, increasing to 0.6-0.7 Gy for doses in the range 5-10 Gy.
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