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Algain I, Arib M, Al-Said SAF, Donya H. Dosimetric Study of Heat-Treated Calcium-Aluminum-Silicon Borate Dosimeter for Diagnostic Radiology Applications. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:1011. [PMID: 36679808 PMCID: PMC9865755 DOI: 10.3390/s23021011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2022] [Revised: 01/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
The production of thermoluminescence (TL) dosimeters fabricated from B2O3-CaF2-Al2O3-SiO2 doped with Cu and Pr for use in diagnostic radiology is the main goal of this research. The TL samples were synthesized via the melt-quench technique processed by melting the mixture at 1200 °C for 1 h, and, after cooling, the sample thus created was divided into two samples and retreated by heating for 2 h (referred to as TLV30) and for 15 h (referred to as TLV17). SEM and EDS analyses were performed on the TL samples to confirm the preparation process and to investigate the effects of irradiation dosimetry on the TL samples. Furthermore, the TL samples were irradiated with γ-rays using a 450 Ci 137Cs irradiator and variable X-ray beams (5-70 mGy). Two important diagnostic radiology applications were considered: CT (6-24 mGy) and mammography (2.72-10.8 mGy). Important dosimetric properties, such as the glow curves, reproducibility, dose-response linearity, energy dependence, minimum dose detectability and fading, were investigated for the synthetized samples (TLV17 and TLV30), the results of which were compared with the Harshaw TLD-100. The TLV17 dosimeter showed higher sensitivity than TLV30 in all applied irradiation procedures. The dose-response linearity coefficients of determination R2 for TLV17 were higher than TLD-100 and TLV30 in some applications and were almost equal in others. The reproducibility results of TLV17, TLV30 and TLD-100 were less than 5%, which is acceptable. On the other hand, the results of the fading investigations showed that, in general, TLV17 showed less fading than TLV30. Both samples showed a significant decrease in this regard after the first day, and then the signal variation became essentially stable though with a slight decrease until the eighth day. Therefore, it is recommended to read the TL dosimeters after 24 h, as with TLD-100. The SEM images confirmed the existence of crystallization, whilst the EDS spectra confirmed the presence of the elements used for preparation. Furthermore, we noticed that TLV17 had grown dense crystals that were larger in size compared to those of TLV30, which explains the higher sensitivity in TLV17. Overall, despite the fading, TLV17 showed greater radiation sensitivity and dose-response linearity compared with TLD-100. The synthetized TL samples showed their suitability for use as dosimeters in diagnostic radiology radiation dosimetry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ibrahim Algain
- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Health Physics Section, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia
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- Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Physics Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufia University, Shibin El-Koom 32511, Egypt
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Abd-Allah WM, Saudi HA, Fahim RA. Mössbauer Studies and Gamma Irradiation Effects on Some Physicochemical Properties of Borophosphate Glasses Doped with Iron Oxide. J Inorg Organomet Polym Mater 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10904-020-01596-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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El-Nashar HF, El-Kinawy M, El-Faramawy N. Investigations of the kinetic energy parameters of irradiated (La)-doped phosphate glass. LUMINESCENCE 2019; 35:107-113. [PMID: 31469225 DOI: 10.1002/bio.3703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The current study characterizes and analyzes glow curves obtained from phosphate glass doped with different concentrations of lanthanum. Kinetic parameters of the glow curves obtained from beta-irradiated phosphate glass samples doped with lanthanum were determined using a newly designed deconvoluted software. The obtained results from the analyses indicated that the glow curves of the phosphate glass samples were composed of five overlapping peaks. The activation energies of the five electron traps were located between 0.622 and 1.133 eV. The obtained kinetic parameters were evaluated using the designed software and another two methods and all revealed good agreement. The first three traps displayed non-first-order behaviour, while the two deep traps obeyed nearly first-order kinetics.
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- Hassan F El-Nashar
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, 11566 Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, 11566 Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, 11566 Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt
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İflazoğlu S, Yılmaz A, Kafadar V, Topaksu M, Yazıcı A. Neutron+Gamma response of undoped and Dy doped MgB4O7 thermoluminescence dosimeter. Appl Radiat Isot 2019; 147:91-98. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2019.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2018] [Revised: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Barrera G, Souza L, Novais A, Caldas L, Abreu C, Machado R, Sussuchi E, Souza D. Thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence of PbO–H3BO3 and PbO–H3BO3–Al2O3 glasses. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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de Oliveira LN, Schimidt F, Antonio PL, Andreeta MR, Caldas LV. Lithium diborate glass for high-dose dosimetry using the UV-Vis and FTIR spectrophotometry techniques. RADIAT MEAS 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2017.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Hashim S, Mhareb M, Ghoshal S, Alajerami Y, Saripan M, Bradley D. Luminescence features of dysprosium and phosphorus oxide co-doped lithium magnesium borate glass. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Abdelhalim MAK, Al-Shamrani BM. The dosimetric properties of phosphate glass systems prepared by different chemical nanomaterials. LUMINESCENCE 2016; 31:1536-1542. [DOI: 10.1002/bio.3163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 02/20/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Mohamed Anwar K. Abdelhalim
- Department of Physics and Astronomy; College of Science, King Saud University; P.O. Box 2455 Riyadh 11451 Saudi Arabia
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- Medical Physics Section, Department of Radiodiagnostic and Medical Imaging; King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital; P.O. Box 9862 Jeddah 21159 Saudi Arabia
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El Mesady I, Khaled N, Hussein A, El Samman H, Alawsh S. Thermoluminescent properties of some phosphor glasses based on aluminum oxide. LUMINESCENCE 2016; 31:1433-1437. [PMID: 26987894 DOI: 10.1002/bio.3125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The transparent thermoluminescent aluminum oxide-based glass of 15Al2 O3 -35P2 O5 -25CaO-25Na2 CO3 , abbreviated as APCN (all in mol%) doped with different concentrations of SiO2 from 0.0-500 ppm was prepared using a conventional melt-quenching technique. The TL sensitivities of the prepared glasses were investigated at 3 Gy γ-dose using a 60 Co source and measured at a heating rate 10 C/sec. The highest TL intensity of the material doped with SiO2 was found at a concentration of 500 ppm (APCNSi5 ). Deconvolution of the glow curve from APCNSi5 resulted in four peaks at about 161, 194, 237 and 293 C with a Figure Of Merit (FOM) of 1.28%. The APCNSi5 specimen had the best dosimetric properties when compared with the other samples. Reproducibility, repeatability, dose-response curve and fading effect were checked for peak 3, which appeared at about 237 C. The results displayed that the APCNSi5 glass system was a low-Z material (Zeff ≈ 10), and had good reproducibility and good repeatability. Peak 3 showed good linearity over a dose range up to 20 Gy (R2 = 0.999) and sublinearity behaviour was found. The signal from APCNSi5 faded by about 11% after 2 days post irradiation, therefore it showed almost no significant loss. Such properties make the newly prepared glasses suitable for and highly recommended for use in γ-dosimeters. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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- I El Mesady
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufiya University, Egypt
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- Department of Ionizing Radiation, National Institute of Standards (NIS), Tersa, Giza, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufiya University, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Menoufiya University, Egypt
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ibb University, Yemen
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Kazakis NA, Tsirliganis NC, Kitis G. Preliminary thermoluminescence investigation of commercial pharmaceutical glass containers towards the sterilization dosimetry of liquid drugs. Appl Radiat Isot 2015; 105:130-138. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Ab Rasid A, Wagiran H, Hashim S, Ibrahim Z, Ali H. Dosimetric properties of dysprosium doped lithium borate glass irradiated by 6 MV photons. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mhareb MHA, Hashim S, Ghoshal SK, Alajerami YSM, Saleh MA, Azizan SAB, Razak NAB, Abdul Karim MKB. Influences of dysprosium and phosphorous oxides co-doping on thermoluminescence features and kinetic parameters of lithium magnesium borate glass. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-015-3984-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Alajerami YSM, Hashim S, Ghoshal SK, Ramli AT, Saleh MA, Ibrahim Z, Kadni T, Bradley DA. Luminescence characteristics of Li₂CO₃-K₂CO₃-H₃BO₃ glasses co-doped with TiO₂/MgO. Appl Radiat Isot 2013; 82:12-9. [PMID: 23948307 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2012] [Revised: 04/06/2013] [Accepted: 04/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Understanding the influence of co-dopants in the luminescence enhancement of carbonate glasses is the key issue in dosimetry. A series of borate glasses modified by lithium and potassium carbonate were synthesized by the melt-quenching method. The glass mixture activated with various concentrations of TiO2 and MgO was subjected to various doses of gamma-rays ((60)Co). The amorphous nature of the samples was confirmed by x-ray diffraction (XRD) spectra. The simple glowing curve of the glass doped with TiO2 features a peak at 230°C, whose intensity is maximal at 0.5 mol% of the dopant. The intensity of the glowing curve increases with the concentration of MgO added as a co-dopant up to 0.25 mol%, where it is two times higher than for the material without MgO thermoluminescence properties, including dose response, reproducibility, and fading were studied. The effective atomic number of the material was also determined. Kinetic parameters, such as kinetics order, activation energy, and frequency factor are estimated. The photoluminescence spectra of the titanium-doped glass consist of a prominent peaks at 480 nm when laser excitation at 650 nm is used. A three-fold photoluminescence enhancement and a blue shift of the peak were observed when 0.1% MgO was introduced. In addition, various physical parameters, such as ion concentration, polaron radius and internuclear distances were calculated. The mechanism for the thermoluminescence and photoluminescence enhancements are discussed.
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- Yasser Saleh Mustafa Alajerami
- Department of Physics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 Skudai, Johor, Malaysia; Department of Medical Radiography, Al-Azhar University, Gaza Strip, Palestine.
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Ivascu C, Timar Gabor A, Cozar O, Daraban L, Ardelean I. FT-IR, Raman and thermoluminescence investigation of P2O5–BaO–Li2O glass system. J Mol Struct 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2010.11.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Timar-Gabor A, Ivascu C, Vasiliniuc S, Daraban L, Ardelean I, Cosma C, Cozar O. Thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence properties of the 0.5P2O5–xBaO–(0.5−x)Li2O glass systems. Appl Radiat Isot 2011; 69:780-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2011.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Mass attenuation coefficients of B2O3–Al2O3–SiO2–CaF2 glass system at 0.662 and 1.25 MeV gamma energies. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-010-0924-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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