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Evaluation of CdZnTe spectrometer performance in measuring energy spectra during interventional radiology procedure

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Interventional radiology has been beneficial for patients for over 30 years of age with the combination of diagnostic and therapeutic methods. The radiation affecting occupationally exposed workers should be evaluated by means of the energy spectra and flux of X-rays in the treatment room. The present study aims to obtain the energy spectra of interventional procedures and study the capability of some detectors to evaluate the dose in interventional procedures. These measurements were taken by silicon-drift, CdTe, and CdZnTe detectors. The energy spectra were corrected by the energy-response curve of each detector. The energy-response curves of silicon-drift and CdTe detectors provided by the manufacturers specification were used. The energy response of the CdZnTe detector was measured by \(^{133}\hbox {Ba}\) and \(^{152}\hbox {Eu}\) \(\gamma\) sources. The experimental data were compared with the simulation results, and their perfect agreement provides a way to correct the energy or dose response, which can be used for the personal dosimeter developed by our group. Moreover, the measured energy spectra can be used in individual radiation protection. The present study shows that the CdZnTe detector is a good candidate detector in interventional procedures.

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  1. L. Chai and L. Chen have contributed equally to this work.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Lin Chai, Cui-Ping Yang, Dong-Dong Zhou, Meng-Meng Yang, Wei-Wei Qu & Xin-Jian Chen

  2. State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, 230026, China

    Lian Chen

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiological Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou, 215123, China

    Wei-Wei Qu

  4. School of Physics and Nuclear Energy Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Gao-Long Zhang

  5. Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Big Data-Based Precision Medicine, Beihang University, Beijing, 100083, China

    Gao-Long Zhang

  6. College of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

    Da-Qian Hei

  7. Department of Radiation Oncology, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100853, China

    Shou-Ping Xu

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11705123), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (No. BK20160306), China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2016M591911), and the Project of the State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University (No. GZN1201801).

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Chai, L., Chen, L., Yang, CP. et al. Evaluation of CdZnTe spectrometer performance in measuring energy spectra during interventional radiology procedure. NUCL SCI TECH 30, 137 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41365-019-0661-8

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