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Master's Dissertation
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/D.59.1999.tde-23022024-111921
Document
Author
Full name
Felipe Chen Abrego
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
Ribeirão Preto, 1999
Supervisor
Committee
Baffa Filho, Oswaldo (President)
Martin Neto, Ladislau
Rossi, Alexandre Malta
Title in Portuguese
Estudo de otimização do registro de espectros de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica de dosímetros de alanina em baixas doses
Keywords in Portuguese
Dosimetria
Espectrômetro de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica
Espectros de EPR
Física médica
Abstract in Portuguese
Realizou-se um estudo da otimização dos parâmetros de operação de um espectrômetro de ressonância paramagnética eletrônica para o registro de espectros de EPR de dosímetros de DL e L-alanina irradiados com radiação gama do 60Co, visando estabelecer-se um procedimento de dosimetria Alanina/EPR capaz de detectar na faixa de doses terapêuticas (~ 1 Gy). Para lograr o anteriormente mencionado, fabricaram-se dosímetros com 80% em peso de alanina mais 20% em peso de parafina e com dimensões nominais de 4,7 mm de diâmetro e 12 mm de comprimento. Estudou-se a variação da amplitude do espectro de EPR de pastilhas irradiadas com a potência de microondas e com a amplitude de modulação do campo magnético. Posteriormente, registraram-se espectros de EPR do primeiro e segundo harmônico de pastilhas irradiadas e não irradiadas com uma amplitude de modulação de 10 G e com um campo de varredura de 40 G, encontrando-se que para este valor de modulação, a amplitude do segundo harmônico não é desprezível em comparação ao primeiro harmônico e representa uma contribuição em amplitude ao redor de 38%. Na faixa de 1-20 Gy, a L-alanina mostrou ser 20% mais sensível que a DL-alanina. Na faixa de 0,05-1Gy a sensibilidade de ambas é semelhante apresentado uma diferença de somente 3%. A amplitude do sinal de EPR para as pastilhas não irradiadas representou uma dose de 0,5 Gy e este valor estabelece o limite inferior de detecção do sistema.
Title in English
Study to optimize the recording of electronic paramagnetic resonance spectra of alanine dosimeters at low doses
Keywords in English
Dosimetry
Electronic paramagnetic resonance spectrometer
EPR spectra
Medical physics
Abstract in English
An optimization of the operation parameters for an electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectrometer was made for the acquisition of EPR signals from DL and L-alanine dosimeters irradiated with 60Co gamma radiation, with the aim of establish an Alanine/EPR dosimetry procedure capable to detect doses in the therapeutic range (~ 1 Gy). To attain this aim, dosimeters with 80% weight of alanine and 20% weight of paraffin and nominal dimensions: 4,7 mm diameter and 12 mm length were made. A study of the variation of the EPR signal amplitude from irradiated alanine pellets with the microwave power and with the magnetic field modulation amplitude was made. Later, EPR signals of first and second harmonic from irradiated and no-irradiated pellets were recorded with 10 G (1 mT) modulation amplitude and 40 G (4 mT) of scan width. With this overmodulation value was found that, the amplitude of the second harmonic is not small in comparison with the amplitude of the first harmonic and represent approximately 38% of the amplitude of the first harmonic. ln the dose range of 1-20 Gy, the L-alanine was 20% more sensitive than the DL-alanine. ln the dose range 0,05-1 Gy, the sensitive of both were similar showing a 3% difference only. The EPR signal amplitude from non-irradiated pellets represented a dose of 0,5 Gy, and this value fix the lower limit of detection for the Alanine/EPR dosimetric system.
 
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