Simulation of 125I induced DNA strand breaks in a CAP-DNA complex.

abstract：:The time variation of the radon equilibrium factor F was measured every four hours in the Nuclear Technology Laboratory of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (in northern Greece) during October 1998-April 1999. The time dependence of the mean weekly value of radon equilibrium factor F is relatively small. During...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Clouvas A,Xanthos S,Antonopoulos-Domis M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to estimate typical radio frequency exposures from indoor used wireless communication technologies applied in homes and offices, WLAN, Bluetooth and Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications systems, as well as baby surveillance devices and wireless headphones for indoor usage, have been investigated by me...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Schmid G,Lager D,Preiner P,Uberbacher R,Cecil S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) carried out a co-ordinated action, supported within the 6th Framework Programme of the European Commission entitled 'A Co-ordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry (CONRAD)'. The project, executed from January 2005 to March 2008, yielded a large number of scientific res...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Schuhmacher H,Fantuzzi E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The counting efficiency and detection limit of an in vivo thyroid 131I monitoring system using an imaging plate (IP) were estimated using an anthropomorphic thyroid neck phantom. The counting efficiency of the IP system was approximately constant for thyroid volumes between 11.7 and 20 ml and neck diameters between 10...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hirota M,Saze T,Nishizawa K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Values for the dose equivalent are required for radiation protection purposes, but determination of such values can be quite difficult for high energy radiations. The accurate determination of personal dose equivalents in accelerator radiation fields requires the propel use of appropriate radiological quantities and u...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： McDonald JC

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of phosphate fertilizers on agricultural farms enhances gamma-ray activity concentration in the farms and therefore absorbed dose rates to the public. The most common natural radionuclides in fertilizer and soil are (40)K, (226)Ra and (232)Th. Agricultural farms at four locations in two districts in Pakistan c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Nasim-Akhtar,Tufail M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Federal Office for Radiation Protection performed a representative survey on the radiological quality of drinking water in Germany. The aim of this study was to determine regional variations of natural radionuclide concentrations and to estimate radiation exposures caused by drinking water consumption. The study i...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Beyermann M,Bünger T,Schmidt K,Obrikat D

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high-end drum film digitiser (Tango, Germany) and a calibrated linear microdensitometer developed by PTB were used to assess the modulation transfer function (MTF) and the noise power spectra (NPS) of 3 mammographic screen film systems at optical density levels of 0.8, 1.5 and 2.5. The use of a drum scanner to asses...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Verdun FR,Pachoud M,Bergmann D,Buhr E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous observation of radioactivity ratio of (214)Bi to (214)Pb as tracers in rainwater was carried out with 15-min cyclic measurement at Nagoya, Japan, from August 2011 to July 2012 to characterise wet deposition. The ratio ranged from 0.55 to 3.82. Based on the observation and a simplified time evolution model o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Moriizumi J,Kondo D,Kojima Y,Liu H,Hirao S,Yamazawa H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the level of background radiation for Kayseri province of Turkey. Natural radionuclide activity concentrations in soil samples were determined using high-resolution gamma spectroscopy. Outdoor gamma dose measurements in air at 1 m above ground level were determined using a portable gamma scintillat...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Otansev P,Karahan G,Kam E,Barut I,Taskin H

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most countries of European Union, legislation requires the determination of the total skin dose received by patients during interventional procedures in order to prevent deterministic damages. Various dose indicators like dose-area product (DAP), cumulative dose (CD) and entrance dose at the patient plane (EFD) are...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Domienik J,Papierz S,Jankowski J,Peruga JZ,Werduch A,Religa W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this work is to obtain fluence to effective dose conversion coefficients for neutron point sources, using the GEANT4 toolkit. These calculations aim to investigate the aspects of neutron transport in the human body through Monte Carlo simulation using the International Commission on Radiological Prote...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ribeiro RM,Souza-Santos D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to establish a dose estimation tool with Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. A 5-y-old paediatric anthropomorphic phantom was computed tomography (CT) scanned to create a voxelised phantom and used as an input for the abdominal cone-beam CT in a BEAMnrc/EGSnrc MC system. An X-ray tube model of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kim S,Yoshizumi TT,Toncheva G,Frush DP,Yin FF

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of biological dosimetry is to estimate the dose and the associated uncertainty to which an accident victim was exposed. This process requires the use of the maximum-likelihood method for fitting a calibration curve, a procedure that is not implemented in most statistical computer programs. Several laboratories...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Deperas J,Szluinska M,Deperas-Kaminska M,Edwards A,Lloyd D,Lindholm C,Romm H,Roy L,Moss R,Morand J,Wojcik A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the radiation environment inside the International Space Station, solid state nuclear track detector stacks were used. Within the BRADOS experiments, Phase 1, seven stacks were exposed at different locations of the Russian segment 'Zvezda' for 248 days in 2001. It was supposed that the radiation field inside ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

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

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study is aimed at optimising the glow curve structure of CaSO4:Dy phosphor for dosimetric purpose and also to understand the observed changes owing to thermal treatment in the thermoluminescence (TL) sensitivity and glow curve structure. The reversible changes in the intensities of the lower temperature satellite ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bakshi AK,Pradhan AS,Tyagi AK,Kher RK,Bhatt BC

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Chinese head phantom (CHP) is constructed for evaluating the specific absorption rate (SAR) by the wireless transceivers. The dimensions of the head phantom are within 4 % difference compared with the 95th percentile data from the China's standard. The shell's thickness and the configuration of the pinna are the sam...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ma Y,Wang Y,Shao Q,Li C,Wu T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that there are great variations in radon concentrations in the soil gas on building sites. The concentration may sometimes vary by more than two orders of magnitude. The tectonic structure of the bedrock is one of the factors that influence the intensity of the radon outflow. The simple ARES geophysic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Thinova L,Fronka A,Rovenska K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Planning and preparation in advance for radiological emergencies can help to minimise potential public health and environmental threats if and when an actual emergency occurs. During the planning process, emergency response organisations think through how they would respond to each type of incident and the resources t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yusof MA,Ali HM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new quasi-monoenergetic neutron beam facility has been constructed at The Svedberg Laboratory (TSL) in Uppsala, Sweden. Key features include a neutron energy range of 11-175 MeV, high fluxes, user flux control, flexible neutron field size and shape, and spacious and easily accessible user area. The first results of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prokofiev AV,Blomgren J,Byström O,Ekström C,Pomp S,Tippawan U,Ziemann V,Osterlund M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarises the evaluation of the 1997 EURADOS questionnaire on dosimetric systems able to assess personal dose equivalent. In total, 56 approved dosimetric services in the European Union and Switzerland responded, together monitoring approximately 615,000 occupationally exposed persons. Of these services, 4...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： van Dijk JW,Bordy JM,Vanhavere F,Wernli C,Zamani-Valasiadou M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-equivalent proportional counters (TEPCs) are widely used in experimental microdosimetry for characterising the radiation quality in radiation protection and radiation therapy environments. Generally, TEPCs are filled with tissue-equivalent gas mixtures, at low gas pressure, to simulate tissue site sizes similar...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chiriotti S,Moro D,Conte V,Colautti P,D'Agostino E,Sterpin E,Vynckier S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrogen-filled proportional counters perform well as neutron spectrometers in the energy region from a few tens of keV up to ∼1.5 MeV. Unfortunately, gamma rays also generate signals in these detectors. It is possible in principle to distinguish the two types of event via the rise time of their respective signal puls...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hawkes NP,Roberts NJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During medical X-ray examinations of patients, humans as well as animals, voluntarily assisting persons are frequently needed in order to calm down the patient or animal. Typical exposure situations have been identified and measurements were performed in the fields of scattered X-rays. The personal dose equivalent H(p...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hupe O,Ankerhold U

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small, specialised amplifier using commercial integrated circuits (ICs) was developed to measure radiation dose and quality in real time using a microdosimetric ion chamber and the variance method. The charges from a microdosimetric ion chamber, operated in the current mode, were repeatedly collected for a fixed per...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hsu WH,Braby LA,Reece WD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The variation of the response of the instruments with the neutron energy has to be determined in well-characterized monoenergetic neutron fields. The AMANDE facility will deliver such neutron fields between 2 keV and 20 MeV in an experimental hall designed with metallic walls for neutron scattering minimisation. The n...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gressier V,Guerre-Chaley JF,Lacoste V,Lebreton L,Pelcot G,Pochat JL,Bolognese-Milstajn T,Champion D

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutron therapy beams are obtained by accelerating protons or deuterons on Beryllium. These neutron therapy beams present comparable dosimetric characteristics as those for photon beams obtained with linear accelerators; for instance, the penetration of a p(65)+Be neutron beam is comparable with the penetration of an ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vynckier S,International Atomic Energy Agency.,International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements.

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spinal deformities affect young individuals predominantly girls who are usually subjected to regular and intensive radiological investigation especially before and after corrective surgery. Optimisation of spine computed tomography (CT) and the implementation of the low-dose CT in the work-up of spinal deformities wer...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Abul-Kasim K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The latest advances in the development of a fluorescent nuclear track detector (FNTD) for neutron and heavy charged particle dosimetry are described and compared with CR-39 plastic nuclear etched track detectors (PNTDs). The technique combines a new luminescent aluminium oxide single crystal detector (Al(2)O(3):C,Mg) ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sykora GJ,Akselrod MS,Salasky M,Marino SA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, radioactivity levels of 35 different samples of 11 commonly used building materials in Samsun were measured by using a gamma spectrometry system. The analysis carried out with the high purity Germanium gamma spectrometry system. Radioactivity concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K range from 6 to ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tufan MÇ,Disci T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00