2. General principles of personal dosimetry
A personal dosimeter is a device that detects and records the radiation received by a person, and translates it into an individual dose equivalent (see § 2.3 ) over a given period. This quantity is considered to be an estimate of the risk involved.
Whole-body" individual dosimeters can be classified as passive or active. Although this classification is also applicable to neutron dosimeters, due to the specific nature of neutron radiation fields, the corresponding instrumentation has been dealt with separately.
For...
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
Already subscribed? Log in!
General principles of personal dosimetry
Objectives and regulatory framework for personal dosimetry
Article included in this offer
"Nuclear engineering"
(
161 articles
)
Updated and enriched with articles validated by our scientific committees
A set of exclusive tools to complement the resources
Bibliography
References
- (1) - van DIJK (J.W.E.), BORDY (J.M.), VANHAVERE (F.), WERNLI (C.), ZAMANI-VALASIADOU (M.) - A review of the properties of the dosimetric systems and the quality assurance programmes of 48 dosimetric services in the European Union and Switzerland. - Radiation-Protection-Dosimetry, vol. 96, n° 1, p. 151-157 (2001)....
Exclusive to subscribers. 97% yet to be discovered!
Already subscribed? Log in!
