| Preface |
|
xi | |
|
|
|
1 | (4) |
|
1.1 Experimental Microdosimetry And Radiation Quality |
|
|
2 | (1) |
|
1.2 Experimental Microdosimetry And Radiation Metrology |
|
|
3 | (1) |
|
1.3 Texts And Documentation Sources On Microdosimetry |
|
|
3 | (1) |
|
1.4 Organisation Of Material And Text |
|
|
4 | (1) |
|
Chapter 2 Quantities in Experimental Microdosimetry |
|
|
5 | (36) |
|
|
|
5 | (7) |
|
2.1.1 Probability Distributions |
|
|
6 | (3) |
|
2.1.2 The Track Length Distribution |
|
|
9 | (2) |
|
2.1.3 Stochastic and Average Quantities |
|
|
11 | (1) |
|
2.2 Dose-Related Quantities |
|
|
12 | (9) |
|
|
|
12 | (1) |
|
|
|
13 | (1) |
|
|
|
13 | (2) |
|
|
|
15 | (1) |
|
2.2.5 Relations between z and D |
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
2.2.6 Poisson Distribution of the Number of Events and the Variance in z |
|
|
17 | (4) |
|
2.3 Track-Related Quantities |
|
|
21 | (13) |
|
|
|
21 | (1) |
|
2.3.2 Linear Energy Transfer, L |
|
|
22 | (1) |
|
2.3.3 Relationship between L and y |
|
|
22 | (11) |
|
2.3.4 Components of the Relative Variance of a Single-Event Distribution |
|
|
33 | (1) |
|
2.4 Proximity Function, T(x) |
|
|
34 | (1) |
|
2.5 Microdosimetry Distributions And Their Representation |
|
|
35 | (3) |
|
2.5.1 Logarithmic Representation of Measured Probability Density Distributions of Lineal Energy |
|
|
35 | (1) |
|
2.5.2 The Additivity of Dose Fractions |
|
|
36 | (2) |
|
2.5.3 F(z,D) Multiple-Event Frequency Distribution |
|
|
38 | (1) |
|
|
|
38 | (3) |
|
Chapter 3 Experimental Microdosimetry |
|
|
41 | (62) |
|
|
|
41 | (1) |
|
|
|
42 | (5) |
|
3.2.1 Relationships for the Simulation of a Soft Tissue Site by a Gas |
|
|
43 | (2) |
|
3.2.2 Tissue-Equivalent Matter |
|
|
45 | (2) |
|
|
|
47 | (19) |
|
3.3.1 Proportional Counters |
|
|
48 | (1) |
|
|
|
49 | (2) |
|
|
|
51 | (4) |
|
|
|
55 | (4) |
|
3.3.2 Ionisation Chambers |
|
|
59 | (1) |
|
3.3.3 Recombination Chambers |
|
|
59 | (1) |
|
3.3.4 Gas Electron Multipliers |
|
|
60 | (4) |
|
|
|
64 | (2) |
|
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
|
|
66 | (27) |
|
3.4.1 Pulse Height Analysis of Single Events |
|
|
66 | (1) |
|
3.4.1.1 Measurement Principle |
|
|
66 | (3) |
|
3.4.1.2 Electronic Noise and Gas Gain Statistics |
|
|
69 | (1) |
|
3.4.1.3 Representation of Measured Results |
|
|
70 | (4) |
|
3.4.1.4 Calibration Methods for Lineal Energy |
|
|
74 | (4) |
|
3.4.1.5 Experimental Uncertainties |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
3.4.2 Analysis of Multiple Events-Variance and Variance-Co variance Methods |
|
|
79 | (1) |
|
|
|
79 | (3) |
|
3.4.2.2 Variance Measurement Techniques |
|
|
82 | (7) |
|
3.4.2.3 Calibration for Lineal Energy |
|
|
89 | (1) |
|
3.4.2.4 Experimental Uncertainties |
|
|
90 | (2) |
|
3.4.2.5 Methods for Deriving Dose Fractions |
|
|
92 | (1) |
|
3.4.3 Comparison of the Variance Method and the PHA Method |
|
|
92 | (1) |
|
3.5 Limitations In Simulations Of Volumes In The Nanometre Range |
|
|
93 | (5) |
|
3.6 Ionisation Cluster Distributions Measurements In Nanometre Volumes |
|
|
98 | (1) |
|
3.7 Gas Flow System And Gas Gain Control |
|
|
99 | (2) |
|
|
|
101 | (2) |
|
Chapter 4 Microdosimetry Measurements in Radiation Biology and Radiation Therapy |
|
|
103 | (42) |
|
|
|
103 | (1) |
|
4.2 Historical Notes On Radiation Quality |
|
|
104 | (1) |
|
4.3 Relative Biological Effectiveness |
|
|
105 | (8) |
|
4.3.1 Relative Biological Effectiveness in Single-Dose Cell Survival Experiments and in Dose-Fractionated Radiation Therapy |
|
|
105 | (3) |
|
4.3.2 Radiobiological Experiments in Support of Sensitive Targets in the Nanometre Range |
|
|
108 | (2) |
|
4.3.3 Dose Range and Volumes in Which Single Events Dominate |
|
|
110 | (2) |
|
4.3.4 Correlations between Oncogenic Transformation and Measures of Radiation Quality for Different Site Sizes |
|
|
112 | (1) |
|
4.3.5 Correlations between RBE for Low Energy Photons and Electrons and Measures of Radiation Quality in nm-Site Sizes |
|
|
113 | (1) |
|
4.4 Single-Event Dose Distributions |
|
|
113 | (6) |
|
4.4.1 Qualitative Judgements of RBE Using Single Event Dose Distributions |
|
|
114 | (2) |
|
4.4.2 Single-Event Dose Distributions and Boron Neutron Capture Therapy |
|
|
116 | (3) |
|
4.5 Response Functions Derived From Single-Event Dose Distributions |
|
|
119 | (9) |
|
4.5.1 Response Function Derivation |
|
|
119 | (3) |
|
4.5.2 The Response Function r(y) Applied to a Proton Therapy Beam of 62 MeV |
|
|
122 | (1) |
|
4.5.3 The Response Function r(y) Applied to a Proton Therapy Beam of 85 MeV |
|
|
123 | (1) |
|
4.5.4 The Response Function r(y) Applied to a 12C Ion Therapy Beam of 194 MeV u-1 |
|
|
124 | (2) |
|
4.5.5 The Response Function r(y) Applied to a Neutron Beam Designed for BNCT |
|
|
126 | (2) |
|
4.6 Models For The Biological Action Of Ionising Radiation |
|
|
128 | (15) |
|
4.6.1 The Statistical Uncertainty due to Fluctuations in Energy Deposition |
|
|
128 | (2) |
|
4.6.2 Theory of Dual Radiation Action |
|
|
130 | (2) |
|
4.6.3 A Model for Estimating Weighting Factors from yD Values |
|
|
132 | (4) |
|
4.6.4 The Microdosimetric-Kinetic Model |
|
|
136 | (3) |
|
4.6.5 Amorphous Track Structure Models |
|
|
139 | (1) |
|
4.6.6 The Local Effect Model |
|
|
140 | (3) |
|
|
|
143 | (2) |
|
Chapter 5 Applications in Radiation Protection |
|
|
145 | (38) |
|
|
|
145 | (1) |
|
|
|
145 | (1) |
|
5.3 Quantities In Radiation Protection |
|
|
146 | (1) |
|
5.4 Protection Quantities |
|
|
147 | (4) |
|
5.4.1 Equivalent Dose, HT, to an Organ or Tissue |
|
|
147 | (1) |
|
|
|
148 | (3) |
|
|
|
151 | (1) |
|
5.5 The Operational Quantities |
|
|
151 | (4) |
|
|
|
151 | (2) |
|
5.5.2 Ambient Dose Equivalent, H*(10) |
|
|
153 | (1) |
|
5.5.3 Directional Dose Equivalent, H'(d,Ω) |
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
5.5.4 Personal Dose Equivalent HP(d) |
|
|
154 | (1) |
|
5.6 Relationships Between Protection And Operational Quantities |
|
|
155 | (2) |
|
5.7 Dose Equivalent And Microdosimetry |
|
|
157 | (5) |
|
5.8 Measurement Of Operational Quantities Using Microdosimetric Techniques |
|
|
162 | (19) |
|
5.8.1 The Pulse Height Analysis Method Applied to Dose Equivalent Measurements |
|
|
162 | (4) |
|
5.8.2 The Variance or Variance-Covariance Technique Applied to Dose-Equivalent Measurements |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
5.8.2.1 Relations between yD and Q |
|
|
167 | (3) |
|
5.8.2.2 Methods to Separate Low- and High-LET Dose Components |
|
|
170 | (4) |
|
5.8.3 Applications to Radiation Fields at Workplaces |
|
|
174 | (3) |
|
5.8.4 Other Radiation Protection Issues Using Experimental Microdosimetry |
|
|
177 | (4) |
|
|
|
181 | (2) |
| Bibliography |
|
183 | (16) |
| Index |
|
199 | |