A novel method for alpha dosimetry using peeled-off Gafchromic EBT3 films

One can estimate dose imposed to film by measuring the optical density of film. EBT3 film has been used in dose measurement for photon, proton, and electron beams but not for alpha particles. Both sides of diacetylene monomer layer are covered with 100 μm-thick polyester coating layers, through which alpha particles even at several MeV cannot penetrate. A recent study demonstrated the use of EBT3 film in alpha dosimetry by peeling off one side of polyester coating layer. Their study did not inform the reliability of measurement using the peeled-off films. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of EBT3 film as a substitute for conventional alpha dosimeters and checked the uncertainty of dose measurements obtained with peeled-off EBT3 films. We also applied this film dosimeter to measuring of the fluence distribution at cell targets in a culture dish set in the alpha irradiation chamber of the Radiation Bioengineering Laboratory (RadBio Lab) at Seoul National University (SNU). In this work, we confirmed the feasibility of using Gafchromic EBT3 films for alpha dosimetry. The peeled-off EBT3 films can make a convenient alpha dosimeter by carrying an uncertainty less than 9 %