Functional equation for the fading correction of imaging plates

Several experiments were performed to investigate the effects of temperature on the fading of the commercial imaging plate, IP (BAS-UR). The fading characteristics were measured under controlled temperatures between 0°C and 60°C after irradiation with 238U alpha-ray and 60Co gamma-ray sources. Applying Arrheniusʹ equation to the experimental results, we calculated a universal functional equation that includes two variables: elapsed time (t) and temperature (K). The photo-stimulated luminescence (PSL) calculated by this equation showed good agreement with the results of our experimental ones between 0°C and 40°C. From this equation, the activation energies of the fading are estimated to be about 0.9 eV for both 238U alpha-ray and 60Co gamma-ray sources.