Home-made low-cost dosemeter for photon dose measurements in radiobiological experiments and for education in the field of radiation sciences.

August Blomgren, Adrianna Tartas, Prabodha Kumar Meher, Samuel Silverstein, Andrzej Wojcik, Beata Brzozowska

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August Blomgren *Department of Physics, Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 21, 114 21, Stockholm, Sweden.

Adrianna Tartas *Biomedical Physics Division, Faculty of Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura Street 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-1247-7482

Prabodha Kumar MeherDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C, 114 18, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2391-1160

Samuel SilversteinDepartment of Physics, Stockholm University, Roslagstullsbacken 21, 114 21, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0001-7734-7617

Andrzej WojcikDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Svante Arrhenius väg 20C, 114 18, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-3951-774X

Beata BrzozowskaBiomedical Physics Division, Faculty of Physics, Institute of Experimental Physics, University of Warsaw, Pasteura Street 5, 02-093, Warsaw, Poland. beata.brzozowska@fuw.edu.pl.ORCID 0000-0003-0247-697X

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Abstract

Reliable dosimetry systems are crucial for radiobiological experiments either to quantify the biological consequences of ionizing radiation or to reproduce results by other laboratories. Also, they are essential for didactic purposes in the field of radiation research. Professional dosemeters are expensive and difficult to use in exposure facilities with closed exposure chambers. Consequently, a simple, inexpensive, battery-driven dosemeter was developed that can be easily built using readily available components. Measurements were performed to validate its readout with photons of different energy and dose rate and to demonstrate the applicability of the dosemeter. It turned out that the accuracy of the dose measurements using the developed dosemeter was better than 10%, which is satisfactory for radiobiological experiments. It is concluded that this dosemeter can be used both for determining the dose rates of an exposure facility and for educational purposes.

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PhotonsRadiobiologyRadiation DosageRadiation DosimetersRadiometryDosimetryIonization chamberPhoton radiationRadiobiologyRadiochromic filmsSilicon detector

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PMID38847828

DOI10.1007/s00411-024-01076-1

PMCPMC11341755

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