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The aim of the work was irradiation of experimental animals with homogeneous dose of high X-irradiation and adding of known dose to the experimental animal, for the purpose of investigating acute radiation syndrome. Under known dose we mean its constant rate, as well as its distribution. Irradiation was performed by use of a linear accelerator of maximal energy 4 MeV with two opposite fields.
For dosimetric control an ionization chamber with a Farmer dosimeter was used while distribution dose was measured with TLD. Dose distribution was calculated by use of a computer on the basis of known data about pencils of rays and measured contours of the body of the experimental animal on more characteristic levels. During the calculation, inhomogeneity of tissue was included so that the effects of lesser density of lungs and considerable density of bones could be visible on the representative levels.
The distribution of the dose on the level of the sternum, the middle of the abdomen and middle of the neck varied from 105–170 relative units and the total variation for the whole body amounted to ±24% respectively.
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Kijajić, R., Breyer, B., Horšić, E. et al. Dosimetry of radiation during homogeneous experimental irradiation of animals. Acta Physica Hungarica 59, 111–114 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03055200
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03055200