ABSTRACT
Objective To explore the elementary properties of LiF (Mg,Cu,and P) thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) in dosimetry for tumor radiotherapy,and to provide a reliable basis for thermoluminescent dosimetry in clinical radiotherapy.Methods 60Coγ-ray and 6 MV X-ray were used for evaluation of the dispersion,repeatability,and dose response of LiF TLD.To meet the requirement of clinical radiotherapy,the effects of energy,dose (50-600 cGy),radiation dose rate (50-600 MU/min),and the angle of incidence for accelerator gantry (0°-± 90°) on TLD were determined and the respective correction factors were calculated.Results The errors of repeatability and dispersion of TLD were less than ±3％.There was a linear relationship between readout and irradiation dose within a certain range of irradiation dose.The minimal relative deviation of 0.3％ was obtained when 6 MV X-ray was used with a dose rate of 300 MU/min and an angle of incidence of 0°.Conclusions LiF TLD shows excellent repeatability,low dispersion,high stability,and strong linear correlation.It meets the international criteria and can be used for dose measurement in tumor radiotherapy.