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• TITLE: Functional Confirmation Using a Medical X-Ray System of a Semiconductor Survey Meter

  AUTHORS: Katsunao Suzuki, Toru Negishi, Yoh Kato, Yasuhisa Kono, Michiharu Sekimoto

  KEYWORDS: Semiconductor Survey Meter, Functional Confirmation, Medical X-Ray System, Calibration Factor, Time Constant

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Radiology, Vol.14 No.1, March 15, 2024

  ABSTRACT: In recent years, semiconductor survey meters have been developed and are in increasing demand worldwide. This study determined if it is possible to use the X-ray system installed in each medical facility to calculate the time constant of a semiconductor survey meter and confirm the meter’s function. An additional filter was attached to the medical X-ray system to satisfy the standards of N-60 to N-120, more copper plates were added as needed, and the first and second half-value layers were calculated to enable comparisons of the facility’s X-ray system quality with the N-60 to N-120 quality values. Next, we used a medical X-ray system to measure the leakage dose and calculate the time constant of the survey meter. The functionality of the meter was then checked and compared with the energy characteristics of the meter. The experimental results showed that it was possible to use a medical X-ray system to reproduce the N-60 to N-120 radiation quality values and to calculate the time constant from the measured results, assuming actual leakage dosimetry for that radiation quality. We also found that the calibration factor was equivalent to that of the energy characteristics of the survey meter.