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Accuracy of Dose Assessment with TLDs


The TLD  gives a measurement of dose absorbed in the TLD (in mGy) with an accuracy of about tex2html_wrap_inline776 10%. However what we need to know is not the absorbed dose in the badge, but the deep equivalent dose tex2html_wrap_inline906 (in mSv) in tissue. Remember that tex2html_wrap_inline906 is the equivalent dose  at a depth of tex2html_wrap_inline904 or more in tissue.

There are many uncertainties involved in this assessment . Also, dosimeters worn on the surface of the body can at best be regarded as a statistical sampling device which provides a record of the dose received by one part of your body surface during your movements around the site.

When these factors are allowed for, we can expect an accuracy of about tex2html_wrap_inline776 50% in assessing tex2html_wrap_inline906 from a measurement of absorbed dose in a TLD.



Noel Giffin
Tue Feb 6 17:15:32 PST 1996