Applicability of imaging plates for individual monitoring.
In: Proceedings (World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, September 7 - 12, 2009, Munich, Germany). Berlin: Springer, 2009. 371-374 (IFMBE Proceedings ; 25/III)
Imaging plates commonly replace analogue film in radiography, yet not in individual monitoring. One reason for this is the temporal instability of the optically stimulated luminescence signal over prolonged storage time, termed 'fading'. The present investigation comprises measurements of noncommercially available imaging plate prototypes of the BaFBr:Eu type in order to test their applicability to individual monitoring. Results are included for relative luminescence yield, reusability, dose response, photon energy-dependence of response, and fading.