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Discrimination of Radiation Quality Through Second Harmonic Out-of-Phase cw-ESR Detection
Maurizio MarraleMaria BraiMarina BrustolonAntonio BarbonAnna Longosubject
Quality ControlTime FactorsPhotonTime FactorBiophysicsLinear energy transferRadiationIonizing radiationQuality (physics)OpticsRadiation IonizingLinear Energy TransferRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingMicrowavesRadiationChemistrybusiness.industryElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopySettore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali Ambientali Biol.e Medicin)EPR spectroscopy; radiation effectsBiophysicAbsorbed doseradiation effectsHarmonicContinuous waveAtomic physicsbusinessMicrowaveEPR spectroscopydescription
The ability to discriminate the quality of ionizing radiation is important because the biological effects produced in tissue strongly depends on both absorbed dose and linear energy transfer (LET) of ionizing particles. Here we present an experimental electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis aimed at discriminating the effective LETs of various radiation beams (e.g., 19.3 MeV protons, 60Co photons and thermal neutrons). The measurement of the intensities of the continuous wave spectrometer signal channel first harmonic in-phase and the second harmonic out-of-phase components are used to distinguish the radiation quality. A computational analysis, was carried out to evaluate the dependence of the first harmonic in-phase and second harmonic out-of-phase components on microwave power, modulation amplitude and relaxation times, and highlights that these components could be used to point out differences in the relaxation times. On the basis of this numerical analysis the experimental results are discussed. The methodology described in this study has the potential to provide information on radiation quality. © 2014 by Radiation Research Society.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-01-01 | Radiation Research |