With the amendment of the Radiation Protection laws in 2001, the current phantom based quantities in radiation protection have been introduced in Germany.
A poster made out at PTB represents the relations in a simple way.
Additional information on this topic is given in
- Alberts, W. G.; Ambrosi, P.; Böhm, J.; Dietze, G.; Hohlfeld, K.; Will, W.:
New dose quantities in radiation protection
PTB-Dos-23e (1995), ISBN: 3-89429-932-0 - Ambrosi, P.; Ankerhold, U.; Behrens, R.; Böhm, J.; Helmstädter, K.; Schuhmacher, H.; Wissmann, F.; Zimbal, A.:
Einheitliche Dosis-Messgrößen durch die Umstezung der Richtlinie 96/29/EURATOM
Auswirkungen auf die Darstellung und die Weitergabe der Einheit Sievert für die Messgrößen, auf die Messtechnik und auf Bauartprüfungen
PTB-Dos-45 (2003), ISBN: 3-86509-085-0
Conversion coefficients from the basic quantities (air kerma, absorbed dose and fluence) of the different types of radiation to the actual quantities:
- Conversion coefficients for monoenergetic radiation for photons, electrons and neutrons: ICRP-Publication 74/ ICRU Report 57, ISO Standard 4037-3 and J. Radiol. Prot. 37 354 (2017)
- Conversion coefficients for standardized radiation qualities for photons
2. Ankerhold, U.:
Catalogue of X-ray spectra and their characteristic data - ISO and DIN radiation qualities, therapy and diagnostic radiation qualities, unfiltered X-ray spectra
PTB Report: PTB-Dos-34 (2000), ISBN: 3-89701-513-7
3. R. Behrens:
Air kerma to dose equivalent conversion coefficients not included in ISO 4037-3,
Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 147, 373 (2011)
4. R. Behrens:
Air kerma to Hp(3) conversion coefficients for a new cylinder phantom for photon reference radiation qualities,
Radiat. Prot. Dosim. 151, 450 (2012)
5. R. Behrens:
Conversion coefficients for H'(3) for photons
J. Radiol. Prot. 37, 354 (2017)
- Conversion coefficients for standardized radiation qualities for electrons
2. R. Behrens:
Correction factors for the ISO rod phantom, a cylinder phantom, and the ICRU sphere for reference beta radiation fields of the BSS 2
J. Instrum. 10, P03014 (2015)
- Conversion coefficients for standardized radiation qualities and special monoenergetic neutrons: