[en] The most recent ICRU recommendations suggest to calibrate photon personal dosemeters on a slab phantom instead of a spherical phantom ads previously proposed. This kind of phantoms due to their geometric characteristics can in principle allow a contemporary calibration of several dosemeters at a time. In this framework, particular attention has to be devoted to the evaluation of the limits of the so-called 'homogeneity area' to be employed. According to the ISO Standard 4037 an homogeneity of the calibration field within 5% (±2.5%) is permissible. A rather detailed analysis on this subject has been therefore carried out using the Monte Carlo code MCNP to evaluate the backscattering profiles on PMMA and water filled PMMA phantoms both for normal and oblique incident radiation. At the same time, some air kerma free in air profiles for seven ISO Narrow and Wide Series beams measured at PTB (Braunschweig Germany) were used to model a more realistic irradiation situation. The calculated data were partially compared with experimental results from other European Laboratories