Blood tritium level as an estimate of soft tissue dose.

abstract：:In this study, a method to discriminate between natural and other γ-ray sources from environmental γ-ray dose rate monitoring data was developed, and it was successfully applied to actual monitoring data around nuclear facilities. The environmental dose rate is generally monitored by NaI(Tl) detector systems in the lo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kumagai K,Ookubo H,Kimura H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Japanese adult male voxel (volume pixel) phantom (hereinafter referred to as the JM phantom) was constructed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male volunteer. Body characteristics of the JM phantom were compared with those of a voxelised MIRD5 type phantom and a Japanese adult male voxel phantom ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sato K,Noguchi H,Emoto Y,Koga S,Saito K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of (239+240)Pu and (238)Pu were carried out on marine biota as well as on sediments from the fringing reefs area extending towards north and south (Flamingo Bay) of PortSudan harbour. The analyses were performed using radiochemical separation and alpha spectrometry. The range of the activity concentration...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sirelkhatim DA,Sam AK,Hassona RK

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma spectrometry of well water was done to measure the activity concentrations of gamma-emitters 226Ra and 228Ra from 238U and 232Th series, respectively, and 40K in their waters. Measurements were done using high-purity (HPGe) co-axial detectors (Canberra, GC 2018-7500 ) coupled to Canberra Multichannel Analyser sy...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ajayi OS,Owolabi TP

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prudence is a cornerstone of radiation protection philosophy. However, whilst the concept is clearly valid at the level of principle, it is nonetheless necessary to ask 'How should prudence be applied in the context of various practical situations.' This is perhaps particularly important where exposures are low-within...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Coates R

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a set of structures has been simulated to represent a range of clinically relevant breast cancer mammographic lesions including solid tumours and microcalcifications. All structures have been created using simple random-based mathematical functions and have been inserted into a subset of digital mammogra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ruschin M,Tingberg A,Båth M,Grahn A,Håkansson M,Hemdal B,Andersson I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decommissioning of nuclear building structures usually leads to large amounts of low-level radioactive waste. Using a reliable method to determine the contamination depth, it is indispensable prior to the start of decontamination works and for minimising the radioactive waste volume and the total workload. This paper ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dolniak J,Lištjak M,Slaninka A,Nečas V

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Some areas of the world, called high background radiation areas (HBRAs), have anomalously high levels of natural background radiation and the population residing in the areas is exposed to higher levels of radiation doses than other parts of the world where the natural radioactivity contents are normal. In the present...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pereira CE,Vaidyan VK,Chougaonkar MP,Mayya YS,Sahoo BK,Jojo PJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examines the energy-loss mechanism of charged particles in organic solids as determined by the inelastic interactions with the electronic sub-system of the target. The dielectric approach was applied to non-conducting valence electrons while an appropriate binary collision theory was used for core-el...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Emfietzoglou D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to calculate the absorbed dose to matter due to neutrons in the 5-150 MeV energy range. Materials involved in the calculations are Al2O3, CaSO4 and CaS, which may be used as dosemeters and have already been studied for their luminescent properties. The absorbed dose is assumed to be mainly due ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Wrobel F,Benabdesselam M,Iacconi P,Lapraz D

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：:The results of experimental studies performed in a radiotherapy (12)C ion beam with a nominal energy of 500 MeV/amu and in (16)O and (56)Fe ion beams with a nominal energy of 1 GeV/amu have been described. Linear energy transfer (LET) spectra have been established by means of an LET spectrometer based on a chemically ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jadrnícková I,Spurny F,Molokanov AG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first proton linear accelerator for tumor therapy based on an actively scanned beam up to the energy of 150 MeV, is under development and construction by ENEA-Frascati, ISS and IFO, under the Italian TOP-IMPLART project. Protons up to the energy of 7 MeV are generated by a customized commercial injector operating ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： De Angelis C,Ampollini A,Basile E,Cisbani E,Della Monaca S,Ghio F,Montereali RM,Picardi L,Piccinini M,Placido C,Ronsivalle C,Soriani A,Strigari L,Trinca E,Vadrucci M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:According to the worldwide reports, industrial radiography is one of the highest risk radiation practices due to handling high activity sources. Therefore, an optimization of protection along with appropriate investigation level and/or dose constraint is required to achieve appropriate radiological safety. This resear...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hosseini Pooya SM,Dashtipour MR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation shielding assessments may underestimate the expected dose if some isotopes at trace level are not considered in the isotopes inventory of the shielded radioactive materials. Indeed, information about traces is not often available. Nevertheless, the activation of some minor isotopic traces may significantly c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bonin A,Tsilanizara A

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation dose monitoring for radiography students during clinical training is necessary to demonstrate the extent of radiation protection issues present, as well as to instill in them an awareness of safe practices that they will carry with them throughout their careers. The study assess the radiation dose incurred b...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Abuzaid MM,Elshami W,Steelman C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Building materials contain natural radionuclides (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K, which cause direct radiation exposure of the public. The concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in commonly used building materials of Urumqi, China have been analysed using gamma-ray spectrometry. The concentrations of (226)Ra, (40)K a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ding X,Lu X,Zhao C,Yang G,Li N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to propose first established diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in computed tomography (CT) for adults, based on volume-averaged CTDI and dose length product (DLP) metrics in Yazd Province. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Six multislice CT scanners located at diverse areas of Yazd Province an...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zamani H,Masjedi H,Omidi R,Hosein Zare M

更新日期：2020-06-13 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：:Regional cooperation in radioactive waste management (RWM) in the Asian and Oceanic countries has been successfully developing for more than 20 y. At present, the Asian and Oceanic countries recognise that there are several projects under the regional cooperation, such as the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNC...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ya-anant N,Thiangtrongjit S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dosimetric technique described in this paper is based on electron spin resonance (ESR) detectors using an alanine-boric compound acid enriched with (10)B, and beryllium oxide thermoluminescent (TL) detectors; with this combined dosimetry, it is possible to discriminate the doses due to thermal neutrons and gamma r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bartolotta A,D'Oca MC,Lo Giudice B,Brai M,Borio R,Forini N,Salvadori P,Manera S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The image background resulting from imaged anatomy can be divided into those components that are meaningful to the observers, in the sense that they are recognised as separate structures, and those that are not. These latter components (reffered to as anatomical noise) can be removed using a method developed within th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Båth M,Håkansson M,Börjesson S,Hoeschen C,Tischenko O,Kheddache S,Vikgren J,Månsson LG

更新日期：2005-01-01 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

abstract：:To find appropriate substitutions for the expensive plastics of A-150 and rexolite used in the construction of thick gas electron multiplier (THGEM)-based tissue-equivalent proportional counters, in the present work, the responses of a THGEM-based microdosimetric detector made of A-150 and rexolite and three others co...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Moslehi A,Raisali G,Lamehi M

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated levels of natural background radiation due to scattered patches of monazite sand around the beaches of Mangalore, India, have been reported earlier. A comparative study of gamma dose rates was performed in both normal background and high natural background radiation areas around Mangalore using different type...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Al-Azmi D,Kumara S,Mohan MP,Karunakara N

更新日期：2019-10-01 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：:AVIDOS is a computer code used for the dose assessment of aircraft crew exposed to cosmic radiation. The code employs a multiparameter model built upon simulations of cosmic radiation exposure done using the FLUKA Monte Carlo code. AVIDOS calculates both ambient dose equivalent H*(10) and effective dose E for flight r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Latocha M,Beck P,Rollet S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, the MCNP4B code has been employed to calculate conversion coefficients from air kerma to the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10)/Ka, for monoenergetic photon energies from 10 keV to 50 MeV, assuming the kerma approximation. Also estimated are the H*(10)/Ka for photon beams produced by linear accelerators, su...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lima MA,Silva AX,Crispim VR

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:Although numerous models have been developed for occupational and medical internal dosimetry, they may not be applicable to an accident situation. Published dose coefficients relate effective dose to intake, but if acute deterministic effects are possible, effective dose is not a useful parameter. Consequently, dose r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Toohey RE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00