Response of TLD-100^TM microtubes to two RQR3 quality radiation beams

The present work compares the response of TLD-100^TM microcubes to two RQR 3 diagnostic radiology reference quality radiation beams, defined by IEC-61267 norm, aiming to evaluate the detectability of TLD-100^TM energy dependence reported in literature within the same reference quality radiation range. TLD-100^TM microcubes reproducibility is assessed through the response of a second set of TLD-100^TM microcubes, evaluated in a second thermoluminescence reader, to the RQR 3 diagnostic radiology reference quality radiation beam implemented at the Laboratorio de Calibracao de Instrumentos of IPEN, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil. The dependence of TLD-100^TM microcubes TL response was not detectable in these conditions and the reproducibility of the measurements is 90,2%. (author)