The first international intercomparison of EPR-dosimetry with teeth: First results

Chumak, Vadim; Bailiff, I.K.; Baran, N. P.; Bugaǐ, A. A.; Dubovsky, S.; Fedosov, I.M.; Finin, V.S.; Haskell, E.H.; Hayes, Robert B.; Ivannikov, A.I.; Kenner, G.H.; Кириллов, В.В.; Khamidova, L.G.; Kolesnik, S. P.; Liidja, G.; Likhtarev, I.A.; Lippmaa, E.; Maksimenko, V. M.; Meijer, A.; Minenko, Victor; Pasalskaya, L.; Past, Jaan; Puskar, J.; Radchuk, V.V.; Sholom, S.; Skvortzov, V.G.; Stepanenko, Valeriy; Vaher, U.; Wieser, A.

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“…The results of these intercomparisons will be described in a later chapter of this review. It is worth noting the number of the participating institutions: (1 st ) 1994-1995, 9 participants (Chumak et al, 1996a); (2 nd ) 1999, 18 participants Wieser et al, 2000c); (3 rd ) 2003-2004, 14 participants Wieser et al, 2006a); (4 th ) 2006, 10 participants Ivannikov et al, 2007). While writing this review, another intercomparison has started involving 16 participating laboratories.…”

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“…Most of the authors use deciduous teeth of children or young donors, but animal teeth have also been considered (three methods are described in a paper by Chumak et al, 1996a). The native signal of dentine has also been proposed as a model.…”

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“…Several international intercomparisons were undertaken in the past years, in which blind tests were performed in a varying number of laboratories (from 9 to 18) (Chumak et al, 1996a;Wieser et al, 2000b;Wieser et al, 2000c;Wieser et al 2005;Wieser et al, 2006a;Hoshi et al, 2007;Ivannikov et al, 2007;Chapter 1). Four of these intercomparisons were performed in the framework of EU-sponsored projects (Chumak et al, 1996a;Wieser et al, 2000b;Wieser et al, 2000c;Wieser et al 2005), and three of them had numeric titles, i.e., the 1st (Chumak et al, 1996a), the 2nd (Wieser et al, 2000c) and the 3rd Wieser et al, 2006a).…”

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“…Four of these intercomparisons were performed in the framework of EU-sponsored projects (Chumak et al, 1996a;Wieser et al, 2000b;Wieser et al, 2000c;Wieser et al 2005), and three of them had numeric titles, i.e., the 1st (Chumak et al, 1996a), the 2nd (Wieser et al, 2000c) and the 3rd Wieser et al, 2006a). Another intercomparison is commonly called "Semipalatinsk Intercomparison" because one of its goals was to collectively measure doses to teeth of residents of the Semipalatinsk region (Chapter 18) Ivannikov et al, 2007).…”

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EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel: A review

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2010

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When tooth enamel is exposed to ionizing radiation, radicals are formed that can be detected using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) techniques. EPR dosimetry using tooth enamel is based on the (presumed) correlation between the intensity or amplitude of some of the radiation-induced signals with the dose absorbed in the enamel. In the present paper a critical review is given of this widely applied dosimetric method.The first part of the paper is quite fundamental and deals with the main properties of tooth enamel and several of its model systems (e.g., synthetic apatites). Considerable attention is also devoted to the numerous radiation-induced and native EPR signals, and the radicals responsible for them. The relevant EPR detection, identification and spectrum analysing methods are reviewed from a general point of view. Finally, the need for solid state modelling and the linearity of the dose response are investigated.The second part is devoted to the practical implementation of EPR dosimetry using enamel. It concerns the preparation of samples, specific irradiation problems, spectrum acquisition and it is described how the dosimetric signal intensity and dose can be retrieved from the EPR spectra. Special attention is paid to the energy dependence of the EPR response and to sources of uncertainties. Results of and problems encountered in international intercomparisons and epidemiological studies are also dealt with.In the final chapter the future of EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel is analysed.

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EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel: A review

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“…A significant number of laboratories around the world have set up this method by developing specific protocols of measurement. Since 1996 several international comparison programmes of EPR tooth dosimetry have been devised to assess the state of the art, and disseminate the expertise among laboratories (Chumak et al, 1996;Wieser et al, 2000Wieser et al, , 2005Wieser et al, , 2006bHoshi et al, 2007;Ivannikov et al, 2007). Regardless of their design, these inter-laboratory comparisons were all aimed at examining the capability of the participating laboratories to assess an unknown dose delivered to teeth.…”

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The 4th international comparison on EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel

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This paper presents the results of the 4th International Comparison of in vitro electron paramagnetic resonance dosimetry with tooth enamel, where the performance parameters of tooth enamel dosimetry methods were compared among sixteen laboratories from all over the world. The participating laboratories were asked to determine a calibration curve with a set of tooth enamel powder samples provided by the organizers. Nine molar teeth extracted following medical indication from German donors and collected between 1997 and 2007 were prepared and irradiated at the Helmholtz Zentrum München. Five out of six samples were irradiated at 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 Gy air kerma; and one unirradiated sample was kept as control. The doses delivered to the individual samples were unknown to the participants, who were asked to measure each sample nine times, and to report the EPR signal response, the mass of aliquots measured, and the parameters of EPR signal acquisition and signal evaluation. Critical dose and detection limit were calculated by the organizers on the basis of the calibration-curve parameters obtained at every laboratory. For calibration curves obtained by measuring every calibration sample three times, the mean value of the detection limit was 205 mGy, ranging from 56 to 649 mGy. The participants were also invited to provide the signal response and the nominal dose of their current dose calibration curve (wherever available), the critical dose and detection limit of which were also calculated by the organizers..

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Emerging technological bases for retrospective dosimetry

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In this article we discuss examples of challenging problems in retrospective dosimetry and describe some promising solutions. The ability to make measurements by accelerator mass spectrometry and luminescence techniques promises to provide improved dosimetry for regions of Belarus, Ukraine and Russian Federation contaminated by radiouuclides from the Chernobyl accident. In addition, it may soon be possible to resolve the large neutron discrepancy in the dosimetry system for Hiroshima through novel measurement techniques that can be used to reconstruct the fast-neutron fluence emitted by the bomb some 51 years ago. Important advances in molecular cytogenetics and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements have produced biodosimeters that show potential in retrospective dosimetry. The most promising of these a r e the frequency of reciprocal translocations measured in chromosomes of blood lymphocytes using fluorescence in situ hybridization and the electron paramagnetic resonance signal in tooth enamel.

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The first international intercomparison of EPR-dosimetry with teeth: First results

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EPR dosimetry with tooth enamel: A review

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