Bayesian reconstruction of nanodosimetric cluster distributions at 100% detection efficiency

Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2006;122(1-4):432-6. doi: 10.1093/rpd/ncl491. Epub 2007 Jan 11.

Abstract

Ionisation spectra in nanometric volumes at a given distance from a charged particle track are obtained by using electron (or ion) gas detectors, having non-uniformly distributed detection efficiency. Therefore, such spectra should be properly processed in order to reconstruct the frequency distribution of clusters really produced in the detector gas. A Bayesian unfolding has been applied to ionisation distributions due to 5.4 MeV alpha particles in a 20-nm site obtained by Monte Carlo simulations, taking into account different detection efficiency conditions. It will be shown that Bayesian analysis provides a valid tool for reconstructing the true ionisation distributions, well beyond the maximum measured cluster size.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Bayes Theorem
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Computer Simulation
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Miniaturization
  • Models, Statistical
  • Nanotechnology / instrumentation*
  • Nanotechnology / methods
  • Radiation Dosage
  • Radiometry / methods*
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sensitivity and Specificity
  • Statistical Distributions