Guanajuato, Gto. January 29, 2015.- The laboratory of Thermoluminescent Dosimetry in charge of the head professors "C" of the Division of Sciences and Engineering of Campus Leon from the University of Guanajuato (UG), Dr. Modesto Sosa Aquino, performs studies about the radiation level a person absorbs during a session of radiotherapy.

With these results elaborated in UG's laboratory, it is guaranteed that the patient receives no more nor less dose of what is indicated by the specialist or the medical unit, if the patient receives a higher dose of what is established, it can greatly harm the health and if he or she receives less, the cancer wouldn't be dealt with correctly.

The University of Guanajuato (UG), in his search to implement improvement in their professors and students' research, they have this laboratory equipped with unique apparatus in the state of Guanajuato.

To understand the process, Dr. Aquino explained that is very alike to a high school Chemistry class, where it shows the electrons have an orbit, when any material receives radiation, they can tear an electron and then an electron of the closest orbit tries to occupy that place, for the matter of an energetic equilibrium in the atom.

When trying to occupy that space, there is a difference of energy called "a characteristic X-ray" named as such because it is like a fingerprint of every element.

When the equipment sees a signal of a certain energy, it can know the different materials that it is composed with, UG's laboratory equipment is noble, with a non-destructive technique that allows to know and determine the elemental composition of any substance in there and in general of any atom.

A project that is being developed in this laboratory, is the treatment of Thermoluminescent materials, synthetizing materials such as lithium fluoride doped with silver, lithium triborates and tetraborate, with elements that present thermoluminescent properties used to determine the amount of radiation that the patient receives with radiotherapy at the hospital.

For more information about this laboratory and its research you can contact Dr. Modesto Sosa Aquino at the e-mail Esta dirección de correo electrónico está protegida contra spambots. Usted necesita tener Javascript activado para poder verla.