Fluke-biomedical 37-040 User Manual

Nuclear Associates 37-040 (HD-810) and 37-041 (MD-55) GAFCHROMIC® Therapy Dosimetry Media Users Manual March 2005

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-6 Table 1-2. Typical Dose Calibration Curves with a Spectrophotometer (24 hours after irr

IntroductionStorage of Exposed Dosimeters/Dosimetry Media1 1-7Absorbed Dose, kRads Optical Density Absorbed Dose, kRads Optical Density Absorbed Dose

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-8 Table 1-3. Typical Dose Calibration Curves with a Spectrophotometer (24 hours after ir

IntroductionStorage of Exposed Dosimeters/Dosimetry Media1 1-9Absorbed Dose, kRads Optical Density Absorbed Dose, kRads Optical Density Absorbed Dose

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-10 Table 1-4. Optical Density* of GAFCHROMIC Media at Various Temperatures Wavelength 40

IntroductionStorage of Exposed Dosimeters/Dosimetry Media1 1-11 Equivalent Photon Energy (keV)Relative Sensitivity X – omat V FilmLiF TLD Chips

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-12 Yale Ir–192 10-Ci Source as cGy/sY Distance mm X Distance mm

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i Table of Contents Section 1: Introduction... 1-1 1.1

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IntroductionGAFCHROMIC Dosimetry Media1 1-1Section 1 Introduction 1.1 GAFCHROMIC™ Dosimetry Media • Sensitive to Gamma, Electron, X-ray, Deep uv an

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-2 that the exposed dosimetry media are likely to have archival qualities. This manual also

IntroductionStorage of Unexposed Dosimeters/Dosimetry Media1 1-31.5.4 Ultraviolet Light The dosimetry media have increasing sensitivity to radiation

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-4 1.6.4 Ultraviolet Light The radiation sensitive component in the dosimetry media has inc

Nuclear Associates 37-040 & 37-041 Operators Manual 1-6 Absorbed Dose, kRads Optical Density Absorbed Dose, kRads Optical Density Absorbed Dose