An assessment of methods for monitoring entrance surface dose in fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures.

abstract：:Risks of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma were investigated for specific work-related exposures of mothers in the UK Childhood Cancer Study. Interviews with parents of 1881 leukaemia and lymphoma cases (0-14 years) and 3742 controls collected job histories recording exposure to eight specific agents. Exposure was (1) ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： McKinney PA,Raji OY,van Tongeren M,Feltbower RG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relatively high organ doses absorbed by patients in interventional cardiology suggest the opportunity to define these patients as a cohort to be followed forward in time in an epidemiological study of the cancer risks associated with exposure to low-dose ionising radiation. In this paper, the UNSCEAR 2000 Report risk ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Malisan MR,Padovani R,Faulkner K,Malone JF,Vaño E,Jankowski J,Kosunen A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily rhythmic changes are found in cellular events in cell cycle, DNA repair, apoptosis and angiogenesis in both normal and tumour tissue, as well as in enzymatic activity and drug metabolism. In this paper, we hypothesize that circadian rhythms need to be considered in radiation protection and optimization in person...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Forssell-Aronsson E,Quinlan RA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neutron spectrometry and dosimetry measurement system has been developed based on a different design of the divided regions for a sphere, with three position-sensitive counters. The characteristics of the measurement system have been investigated in the reference radiation fields of Am-Be and (252)Cf sources. When r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Li T,Yang L,Ma J,Fang D

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hybrid cell line CGL1 is the only cell line which allows quantitation of neoplastic transformation in human cells. Hybrid cells were exposed to 3.4 MeV alpha particles or to mammography X rays (29 kV(p)) and both survival and neoplastic cell transformation were assayed. For comparison, previously published data ob...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Frankenberg-Schwager M,Spieren S,Pralle E,Frankenberg D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an efficient algorithm for estimating the unknown emission rate of radionuclides in the atmosphere following a nuclear accident. The algorithm is based on assimilation of gamma dose rate measured data in a Lagrangian atmospheric dispersion model. Such models are used in the framework of nuclear eme...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tsiouri V,Kovalets I,Andronopoulos S,Bartzis JG

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyses the electric field radiating from the GSM/UMTS base stations located in central Malatya, a densely populated urban area in Turkey. The authors have conducted both instant and continuous measurements of high-frequency electromagnetic fields throughout their research by using non-ionising radi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Karadağ T,Yüceer M,Abbasov T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Organic Bound Tritium (OBT) amount in the body may induce changes in the evaluation of the internal exposure to tritium, due to its different retention time relative to HTO. OBT measurements for urine are not performed routinely, mainly because of the lengthy work needed in preparation of the samples, when using t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gonen R,Marco R,German U,Katorza E,Alfassi ZB,Haquin G,Tshuva A,Pelled O

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automatic measuring apparatus called exhalometer for measurement of the radon exhalation rate from soil is introduced. It consists of a pneumatic driven accumulation chamber with an open bottom, a PC-based control system, six Lucas cells for radon measurement and sensors for environmental parameters. It allows movi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yang J,Buchsteiner M,Salvamoser J,Irlinger J,Guo Q,Tschiersch J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the dosimetry of a two waveguide cell system designed to expose newborn mice to electromagnetic fields associated with wireless fidelity signals in the frequency band of 2.45 GHz. The dosimetric characterisation of the exposure system was performed both numerically and experimentally. Specific meas...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pinto R,Lopresto V,Galloni P,Marino C,Mancini S,Lodato R,Pioli C,Lovisolo GA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual neutron dosimetry represents one of the current difficulties in the field of radiological protection of workers. Since March 1999, the regulatory requirements in France for active (i.e. operational) dosimetry have been those of ICRP Publication 60, applicable from May 2000, necessitating the introduction of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lahaye T,Cutarella D,Ménard S,Bolognese-Milsztajn T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1993, ICRP-65 recommended that dose conversion of radon exposure should be based on the comparison of detriments between radon exposure and effective dose. The lifetime detriment from the radon exposure was projected according to the epidemiological studies of uranium miners then available. The projection model (GS...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tomasek L,Rogel A,Laurier D,Tirmarche M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few studies on the secondary cancer after radiation treatment in Chinese hospitals. This study has measured out-of-field absorbed organ doses from intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) radiotherapy for esophageal cancer in a Chinese hospital and evaluated the risks of secondary cancer. The dose ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Qi Y,He L,Wang Z,Liu Y,Liu H,Huo W,Xu XG,Chen Z

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive study using stable isotopes of molybdenum as tracers was undertaken to investigate intestinal uptake, systemic kinetics and urinary excretion of molybdenum in healthy human volunteers. In total 63 experiments with 17 volunteers were performed administering the tracers in different chemical forms and measu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Giussani A,Cantone MC,Höllriegl V,Oeh U,Tavola F,Veronese I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phantoms for a performance evaluation of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) were developed and their efficiency was tested. The first phantom, for low-contrast resolution, consisted of an acrylic circular plate with three 0.5-1.0 mm diameter rods. These rods enable the user to visually evaluate the limit of obse...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bamba J,Ishida H,Araki K

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We proposed and evaluated a water-equivalent diameter calculation without using a region of interest (ROI), (Dw,t) and compared it with the results of using a ROI fitted to the patient border (Dw,f). Evaluations were carried out on thoracic and head CT images. We found that the difference between Dw,t and Dw,f was wit...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Anam C,Arif I,Haryanto F,Widita R,Lestari FP,Adi K,Dougherty G

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this article is to present initial occupational dose values using digital active personal dosimeters for medical staff during adult interventional cardiology procedures in a public hospital in Chile. Personal dose equivalent Hp(10) over the lead apron of physician, nurse and radiographer were measured...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ubeda C,Morales C,Gutiérrez D,Oliveira M,Manterola C

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Luminescence and optical features of chemical vapour deposition (CVD) diamond have been studied in view of the potential application of this material in ionising radiation dosimetry field. For this purpose, thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques have been used. A...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Benabdesselam M,Iacconi P,Trinkler L,Berzina B,Butler JE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The E. coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP)-DNA complex with 125I located at the position of the H5 atom of the cytosine near the centre was incorporated into the PARTRAC track structure code. DNA strand breaks due to irradiation were calculated by track structure and radical attack simulations; strand breaks ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Li W,Friedland W,Jacob P,Paretzke HG,Panyutin I,Neumann RD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutron dose equivalent in aircraft is measured using commercial bubble detectors, but at high altitudes there are not only neutrons but also protons. Bubble detectors have been used because they are considered not to be sensitive to protons, but this has been the subject of only a few studies. In this study, by i...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Takada M,Kitamura H,Koi T,Nakamura T,Fujitaka K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of the world's population relies on surface water or large public supply systems of groundwater, where radon is low and a guidance value for radon in drinking water is not necessary. However, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently issued a dose coefficient for radon ingest...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen J

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Three widely used anthropomorphic phantoms are analysed with regard to their suitability for the efficiency calibration of whole-body counters (WBCs): a Bottle Manikin Absorber (BOMAB) phantom consisting of water-filled plastic containers, a St Petersburg block phantom (Research Institute of Sea Transport Hygiene, St ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Schläger M

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A common problem in internal dosimetry occurs in routine monitoring, when it is required to estimate an intake from a measurement made at the end of a monitoring interval, and the time of intake is unknown. ICRP suggests that it should be assumed that the intake occurred in the middle of the monitoring period. However...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Birchall A,Puncher M,Marsh JW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 'moving-target' method for characterising background in a counting measurement in which the instantaneous background count rate is a function of time, rather than being fixed, is proposed. This model treats the average Poisson mean in observation period P as coming from a gamma distribution with parameters αP and βP...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Klumpp J,Miller G,Brandl A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to investigate the contribution of secondary neutrons to the total dose inside the International Space Station (ISS). For this purpose solid-state nuclear track detector (SSNTD) stacks were used. Each stack consisted of three CR-39 sheets. The first and second sheets were separated by a Ti pla...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pálfalvi JK,Akatov Y,Szabó J,Sajó-Bohus L,Eördögh I

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study characterises and evaluates an Al2O3:C-based optically stimulated luminescent dosemeter (OSLD) system, commercially known as the nanoDot™ dosemeter and the InLight® microStar reader, for personal and in vivo dose measurements in diagnostic radiology. The system characteristics, such as dose linearity, reade...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Wong JHD,Bakhsh M,Cheah YY,Jong WL,Khor JS,Ng KH

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the framework of the EURADOS Working Group 11, a comparison of passive neutron dosemeters in high-energy neutron fields was organised in 2011. The aim of the exercise was to evaluate the response of poly-allyl-glycol-carbonate neutron dosemeters from various European dosimetry laboratories to high-energy neutro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Trompier F,Boschung M,Buffler A,Domingo C,Cale E,Chevallier MA,Esposito A,Ferrarini M,Geduld DR,Hager L,Hohmann E,Mayer S,Musso A,Romero-Esposito M,Röttger S,Smit FD,Sashala Naik A,Tanner R,Wissmann F,Caresana M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation therapy carried out by means of heavy charged particles (such as carbon ions) and neutrons is rapidly becoming widespread worldwide. The success of these radiation therapies relies on the high density of energy released by these particles or by secondary particles produced after primary interaction with ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Marrale M,Longo A,Barbon A,Brustolon M,Brai M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare image quality and patient dose in cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) in terms of volume computed tomography dose index (CTDI vol), dose length product (DLP) and effective dose, when changing from filtered back projection (FBP) to adaptive iterative dose reduction ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dyakov I,Stoinova V,Groudeva V,Vassileva J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive studies on the indoor activity concentrations of thoron, radon and their progeny in the granite region in the state of Karnataka, India, has been carried out since, 2007 in the scope of a lung cancer epidemiological study using solid-state nuclear track detector-based double-chamber dosemeters (LR-115, ty...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sannappa J,Ningappa C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00