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Therefore, ensuring the accuracy of the radiation dose from the radiation generator is essential. Alanine dosimetry offers the advantage of being equivalent to water and tissue and is thus a valuable tool for estimating radiation doses in the human body. In this study, we aimed to assess the feasibility of utilizing electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR)\/alanine dosimetry for quality control of medical linear accelerators (LINACs). The EPR signal and slope of the dose-response curve were compared with the number of alanine dosimeters per dose using a 10 MV linear accelerator, and the measurement uncertainty was evaluated. The signal increased by approximately 0.03 per 1 Gy per count, in conjunction with the slope of the dose-response curve. The measurement uncertainty, estimated based on the synthesis of eight numerical factors of the uncertainty propagation law, was approximately 2.49\u20134.19% (k = 1). 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