Analysis of dose in teeth for estimation of effective dose by the Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dosimetry using dental enamels

Abstract

Dose in teeth was studied to develop a method that can predict effective dose from results by the Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dosimetry using dental enamels for external photon exposure. Absorbed dose in teeth and effective dose were calculated by the Electron Gamma Shower Code Version 4 (EGS4) . In the Monte Carlo calculations, a region for teeth was newly added to a mathematical human model. Experiments were carried out with a head phantom, which is made of tissue equivalent materials. ESR dosimetry was made with dental enamels irradiated at teeth-part in the head phantom. The absorbed dose in a mouth was also measured with TLDs exposed to gamma rays as the teeth. The Monte Carlo calculation and the experiment gave a quantitative relationship between absorbed dose in teeth and effective dose. The obtained data are considered to be useful for the retrospective individual dose assessment with ESR dosimetry using dental enamels.