Measurement of the neutron detection sensitivity of a liquid in metastable states.

abstract：:The starting point of the Spanish experience in the study of High Background Radiation Areas is the development of a nationwide indoor radon survey carried out in 1988. This campaign, belonging to the first Spanish Radon Framework, consisted of approximately 2000 indoor radon measurements which represented a valuable ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sáinz C,Quindós LS,Fernández PL,Gómez J,Fuente I,Quindós L,Matarranz JL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has published two reports giving recommendations dealing with the avoidance of deterministic injuries in interventional radiology and the management of patient dose in digital radiology in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Another document, on radiation protect...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vano E,Faulkner K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This communication describes two new instruments, based on multiple active thermal neutron detectors arranged within a single moderator, that permit to unfold the neutron spectrum (from thermal to hundreds of MeV) and to determine the corresponding integral quantities with only one exposure. This makes them especially...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gómez-Ros JM,Bedogni R,Bortot D,Domingo C,Esposito A,Introini MV,Lorenzoli M,Mazzitelli G,Moraleda M,Pola A,Sacco D

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detailed data relating to patient dose have been acquired for 18, randomly chosen, patients undergoing coronary angiographies. During the procedure, dose-area product (DAP), kV and beam collimation were recorded for each projection. Total DAP, fluoroscopy time and number of cine frames were also noted. Patient effecti...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lobotessi H,Karoussou A,Neofotistou V,Louisi A,Tsapaki V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of magnesium sulphate phosphors MgSO4:RE3+,X ( RE = Dy, Tm, Eu and X = P, Mn) have been prepared and studied. Based on the experimental results of thermoluminescence (TL) emission spectra and dose responses studies, it is proposed that in these phosphors large defect complexes are formed, which include intrin...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Luo DL,Tang Q,Zhang CX

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data on DNA double strand break (DSB) induction in human fibroblasts (AG1522), following irradiation with several radiation qualities, namely gamma rays, 0.84 MeV protons, 58.9 MeV u(-1) carbon ions, iron ions of 115 MeV u(-1), 414 MeV u(-1), 1 GeV u(-1), and 5 GeV u(-1), are presented. DSB yields were me...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Esposito G,Belli M,Campa A,Cherubini R,Cuttone G,Dini V,Furusawa Y,Gerardi S,Simone G,Sorrentino E,Tabocchini MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron paramagnetic resonance spectra and dose-response curves are presented for a variety of wallboard samples obtained from different manufacturing facilities, as well as for source gypsum and anhydrite. The intensity of the CO(3)(-) paramagnetic centre (G2) is enhanced with gamma radiation. Isothermal decay curve...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mistry R,Thompson JW,Boreham DR,Rink WJ

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article report the measurements on-board a small aircraft at the same altitude and around the same geographic coordinates. The measurements of Ambient Dose Equivalent Rate (H*(10)) were performed in several positions inside the aircraft, close and far from the pilot location and the discrimination between neutron...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prado ACM,Pazianotto MT,Gonçalez OL,Dos Santos LR,Caldeira AD,Pereira HHC,Hubert G,Federico CA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the introduction of new diagnostic procedures, such as computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), the individual dose caused by medical exposures has grown rapidly in the last years. This is especially a subject to radiation protection ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hoeschen C,Mattsson S,Cantone MC,Mikuz M,Lacasta C,Ebel G,Clinthorne N,Giussani A

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lost wax casting is an industrial process which permits the transmutation into metal of models made in wax. The wax model is covered with a silicaceous shell of the required thickness and once this shell is built the set is heated and wax melted. Liquid metal is then cast into the shell replacing the wax. When the met...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Alegría N,Legarda F,Herranz M,Idoeta R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biokinetic and dosimetric model of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract applied in current documents of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) was developed in the mid-1960s. The model was based on features of a reference adult male and was first used by the ICRP in Publication 30, Limits for In...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Leggett R,Harrison J,Phipps A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the mean glandular dose (MGD) and the compressed breast thickness (CBT) is commonly used for the presentation of mammographic dose survey results and could also be useful for the assessment of individual breast doses retrospectively in case of lack of necessary dosimetric instrumentation. The ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bor D,Tukel S,Olgar T,Toklu T,Aydin E,Akyol O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of factors affect the measurements by charge coupled (CCD) array spectroradiometers, including stray light, dynamic response and ambient temperature. The departure from linearity was assessed for four CCD array spectroradiometers and linearity correction calculated with standard uncertainties error estimates....

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Baczynska KA,Price LL,Khazova M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Major contaminants from venting and hydrogen explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors between 12 and 15 March 2011 were transported northwestward and deposited on soil and plants via precipitation. Surface soils and plant leaves were sampled at 64 sites in the Fukushima Prefecture. The highest concentratio...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tazoe H,Hosoda M,Sorimachi A,Nakata A,Yoshida MA,Tokonami S,Yamada M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rigorous characterisation of the behaviour of a radiobase antenna for wireless communication systems is a hot topic both for antenna or communication system design and for radioprotection-hazard reasons. Such a characterisation deserves a numerical solution, and the use of a finite-difference time-domain (FD-TD) a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Catarinucci L,Palazzari P,Tarricone L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, teletherapy machines of cobalt and caesium are being replaced by linear accelerators. The maximum photon energy in these machines can vary from 4 to 25 MeV, and one of the great advantages of these equipments is that they do not have a radioactive source incorporated. High-energy (E > 10 MV) medical linear ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Falcão RC,Facure A,Silva AX

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion coefficients are a substantial vehicle in practical radiation protection to determine the dose (rate) of a given radiation field. According to ICRU report 57, their values shall be obtained by means of spectrometry. This is, however, a time-consuming complicated procedure that cannot be performed by all dos...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Behnke B,Hupe O

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the framework of collaboration among the ENEA Radiation Protection Institute (Bologna), the ENEA Fusion Department (Frascati) and the INFN-LNF-Radiation Protection Group (Frascati), an experimental campaign was organised on the usage of thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) for the dosimetric and spectrometric chara...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bedogni R,Angelone M,Esposito A,Chiti M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An autonomous unmanned helicopter (AUH) survey is a useful tool for monitoring the distribution of ambient dose equivalent rates. However, the AUH survey method was developed for plane permeable fields such as agricultural land, and its applicability to urban areas is unclear. In this study, the applicability was inve...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yoshimura K,Fujiwara K,Nakama S

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:The energy responses for the KLT-300(LiF:Mg,Cu,Na,Si, Korea), GR-200(LiF:Mg,Cu,P, China) and MCP-N(LiF:Mg,Cu,P, Poland) thermoluminescence(TL) pellets were studied for a photon radiation with energies from 1.25 MeV(60Co) to 21 MV (Microtron) to verify the usefulness of the calibration for the radiotherapy beams. The I...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kim JL,Lee JI,Ji YH,Kim BH,Kim JS,Chang SY

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionising radiation can induce responses within non-exposed neighbouring (bystander) cells, which potentially have important implications on the estimates of risk at environmentally relevant doses. Using human skin fibroblasts (AG1522), a range of methods were used to investigate the nature of the signal(s) arising fro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pyke EL,Stevens DL,Hill MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radon concentrations in soil-gas and water samples (in the form of springs, catchment, tap, thermal) used as drinking water or thermal were measured using a professional radon monitor AlphaGUARD PQ 2000PRO. The measured radon concentrations in water samples ranged from 0.32 to 88.22 Bq l(-1). Most of radon levels ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Koray A,Akkaya G,Kahraman A,Kaynak G

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a preoccupation with linearity and absorbed dose as the basic quantifiers of radiation hazard. An alternative is the fluence approach, whereby radiation hazard may be evaluated, at least in principle, via an appropriate action cross section. In order to compare these approaches, it may be useful to discuss th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Waligórski MP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The observation of anomalies in the radon concentration in soil gas and ground water before earthquakes initiated systematic investigations on earthquake precursor phenomena. The question what is needed for a meaningful earthquake prediction as well as what types of precursory effects can be expected is shortly discus...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Friedmann H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study analyzes the exposure of the human torso to electromagnetic fields caused by wireless body-mounted or handheld devices. Because of the frequency and distance ranges from 30-5800 MHz and 10 to 200 mm, respectively, both near-field and far-field effects are considered. A generic body model and simulations of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Christ A,Samaras T,Neufeld E,Klingenböck A,Kuster N

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of indoor radon concentrations were performed in the dwellings of the Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India by using LR-115 type II Solid-State Nuclear Track Detectors in the bare mode. The annual average indoor radon concentrations in the dwellings are found to vary from 114 to 400 Bq m(-3) with an avera...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rani A,Singh S,Duggal V

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous paper, conversion coefficients for the personal dose equivalent, H(p)(d), for photons were reported. This note reports values for electrons calculated using similar techniques. The personal dose equivalent is the quantity used to approximate the protection quantity effective dose when performing personal...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Veinot KG,Hertel NE

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:With the widespread introduction of extra high voltage power transmission lines in the 1960s, and subsequent to early reports from Soviet Union scientists about health risks for transformer station personnel, public concern regarding the effects of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) on biological function has given rise to...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cooper PJ,Garny A,Kohl P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00