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TLD: intrinsic energy dependence
rel
bq
k
1
)0( )0(
) ( ) (
)0 , (
QMQ TLDD
QMQ TLDD QQ rel
bqk
•
In the light of studies indicating =1 within
experimental uncertainties (i.e. Das et al
1996) k
b
was disregarded by most
rel
bq
k
q
experimentalists
Figure from: Nunn et al, Med. Phys. 38(8) 1859 (2008)
•
Until Davis et al (2003) measured TLD100
over-response at low E due to LET increase
and the race to determine k
bq
was on …!
Figure from: Davis et al, Radiation Protection
Dosimetry Vol. 106, No. 1, pp. 33–43 (2003)