Towards a machine-interpretable calibration certificate for radioactivity

IF 1.8 3区工程技术 Q3 CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR

Applied Radiation and Isotopes Pub Date : 2025-09-09 DOI:10.1016/j.apradiso.2025.112140

Henrike Fleischhack , Matthias O. Stein, Stefan Röttger

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Abstract

Digitalisation of calibration laboratories, research institutes, and manufacturing facilities enables fast, automated flow of data and information, improving productivity while reducing turnaround times and error rates. Digital, machine interpretable calibration certificates are slated to replace or augment existing paper- or pdf-based certificates and will seamlessly integrate into digital workflows without the need for manual transcription of calibration information. National and international harmonisation of digital calibration information is crucial for their utilisation in the calibration community.

In this contribution, we will present digital, machine-interpretable calibration certificates for measurements of radioactivity and related quantities such as activity concentration and activity ratios. These certificates implement the XML-DCC (Digital Calibration Certificate in eXtensible Markup Language) schema developed at PTB. Descriptions of the calibration items, measurement methods, detected nuclides, and activity measurements are represented in a machine-interpretable way, employing a digital representation of the SI. We will discuss how such calibration certificates may be harmonised nationally and internationally, and show different use cases, from laboratory calibrations to key comparisons. Human-readable representations of these certificates, necessary for quality assurance and legacy processes, are discussed as well.

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迈向可机器解释的放射性校正证书

校准实验室、研究机构和制造设施的数字化实现了快速、自动化的数据和信息流动，提高了生产力，同时减少了周转时间和错误率。数字化、机器可解释的校准证书将取代或增强现有的基于纸质或pdf的证书，并将无缝集成到数字工作流程中，而无需手动转录校准信息。数字校准信息在国内和国际上的统一对于它们在校准界的应用至关重要。在这篇文章中，我们将提供用于放射性测量和相关量（如活度浓度和活度比）的数字、机器可解释的校准证书。这些证书实现了PTB开发的XML-DCC（可扩展标记语言数字校准证书）模式。校准项目、测量方法、检测到的核素和活度测量的描述以机器可解释的方式表示，采用SI的数字表示。我们将讨论如何在国内和国际上协调这些校准证书，并展示从实验室校准到关键比较的不同用例。还讨论了这些证书的人类可读表示形式，这些证书是质量保证和遗留过程所必需的。

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Applied Radiation and Isotopes 工程技术-核科学技术

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

12.50%

发文量

406

审稿时长

13.5 months

期刊介绍： Applied Radiation and Isotopes provides a high quality medium for the publication of substantial, original and scientific and technological papers on the development and peaceful application of nuclear, radiation and radionuclide techniques in chemistry, physics, biochemistry, biology, medicine, security, engineering and in the earth, planetary and environmental sciences, all including dosimetry. Nuclear techniques are defined in the broadest sense and both experimental and theoretical papers are welcome. They include the development and use of α- and β-particles, X-rays and γ-rays, neutrons and other nuclear particles and radiations from all sources, including radionuclides, synchrotron sources, cyclotrons and reactors and from the natural environment. The journal aims to publish papers with significance to an international audience, containing substantial novelty and scientific impact. The Editors reserve the rights to reject, with or without external review, papers that do not meet these criteria. Papers dealing with radiation processing, i.e., where radiation is used to bring about a biological, chemical or physical change in a material, should be directed to our sister journal Radiation Physics and Chemistry.