Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization

The dissemination of the activity is performed from radionuclide sources prepared in a sequence of dilutions and weighing methods. In this process, the activity of the source can be estimated statistically from the deposited mass and the activity concentration of the master solution. After preparati...

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Main Authors: Fabio Ludolf Cacais, José Ubiratan Delgado, Victor Manuel Loayza, Johnny Almeida Rangel
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Language:English
Published: Brazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR) 2019-10-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
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Online Access:https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/879
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José Ubiratan Delgado
Victor Manuel Loayza
Johnny Almeida Rangel
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description The dissemination of the activity is performed from radionuclide sources prepared in a sequence of dilutions and weighing methods. In this process, the activity of the source can be estimated statistically from the deposited mass and the activity concentration of the master solution. After preparation, the activity is obtained from absolute or relative measurement methods. However, the methods of activity determinations used may not fulfill the necessary independence of the conventional statistical approach due to the presence of possible correlations between activities that arise with the use of the same standardized sources or with the same method of quantity measurements. In this paper, Bayesian estimates for the relative deviation of activities and their uncertainty were obtained in order to evaluate the performance of the main sources’ preparation method. The estimate result (0.55 ± 0.27) % for a data set of radionuclide standardization performed between 2017 and 2018 at LNMRI, although close to zero, shows one should investigate possible effects affecting the preparation and measurement of the sources. This Bayesian estimate was validated by monte carlo simulation method.
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spelling doaj-art-030591cdc63c461295a6e9ee33ec3bcf2025-08-20T03:51:04ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122019-10-0173B (Suppl.)10.15392/bjrs.v7i3B.879688Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardizationFabio Ludolf Cacais0José Ubiratan Delgado1Victor Manuel Loayza2Johnny Almeida Rangel3SEENS / Instituto de Radioproteção e DosimetriaLNMRI / IRD-CNENInmetro / Dimci-LamasLNMRI / IRD-CNENThe dissemination of the activity is performed from radionuclide sources prepared in a sequence of dilutions and weighing methods. In this process, the activity of the source can be estimated statistically from the deposited mass and the activity concentration of the master solution. After preparation, the activity is obtained from absolute or relative measurement methods. However, the methods of activity determinations used may not fulfill the necessary independence of the conventional statistical approach due to the presence of possible correlations between activities that arise with the use of the same standardized sources or with the same method of quantity measurements. In this paper, Bayesian estimates for the relative deviation of activities and their uncertainty were obtained in order to evaluate the performance of the main sources’ preparation method. The estimate result (0.55 ± 0.27) % for a data set of radionuclide standardization performed between 2017 and 2018 at LNMRI, although close to zero, shows one should investigate possible effects affecting the preparation and measurement of the sources. This Bayesian estimate was validated by monte carlo simulation method.https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/879radionuclide metrologyradioactive source preparationbayesian statistic
spellingShingle Fabio Ludolf Cacais
José Ubiratan Delgado
Victor Manuel Loayza
Johnny Almeida Rangel
Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences
radionuclide metrology
radioactive source preparation
bayesian statistic
title Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
title_full Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
title_fullStr Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
title_full_unstemmed Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
title_short Bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
title_sort bayesian estimation of the relative deviations between activities in the radionuclide standardization
topic radionuclide metrology
radioactive source preparation
bayesian statistic
url https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/879
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