An approach to the assessment of overall uncertainty of determination of dose using an ESR technique.

An approach to the assessment of overall uncertainty of dose reconstruction by means of an ESR with additive dose technique is proposed. This approach takes account of uncertainties caused by different sources giving a quantitative measure of uncertainty of the determined dose. Dose is determined as an interval assessment rather than a deterministic value, allowing for the analytical estimation of both the mean value and the 95% confidence intervals. The effects of the number of additional irradiations and the value of dose increment on the uncertainty of dose determination are analyzed.