Local diagnostic reference levels in standard X-ray examinations.

abstract：:The radioactivity of NORM was measured in ashes collected from a fuel-oil power plant in Cienfuegos, Cuba, using an HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer. The (226)Ra, (210)Pb, (40)K, (232)Th and (238)U activity concentrations reached 240, 77, 59, 70 and 15 Bq kg(-1), respectively. The potential radiological hazard of these res...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Alonso-Hernández CM,Bernal-Castillo J,Morera-Gómez Y,Guillen-Arruebarrena A,Cartas-Aguila HA,Acosta-Milián R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New paradigms for parallel programming have been devised to simplify software development on multi-core processors and many-core graphical processing units (GPU). Despite their obvious benefits, the parallelisation of existing computer programs is not an easy task. In this work, the use of the Open Multiprocessing (Op...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Örtenberg A,Magnusson M,Sandborg M,Alm Carlsson G,Malusek A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the framework of a joint research project on natural radiation exposure and its health effects in Cameroon from 2014 to 2017, the Institute of Geological and Mining Research and the Hirosaki University worked together to carry out natural radiation survey in mining and ore bearing regions of Cameroon. Air kerma...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tokonami S,Hosoda M,Joseph Emmanuel NNI,Akata N,Flore TSY,Modibo OB,Samuel BG,Didier TSS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newsletter 'European Research in Radiological Sciences' is jointly published by the European Late Effects Project Group and the European Radiation Dosimetry Group to disseminate information about research projects and activities carried out under the EURATOM Framework Programme. Since May 2003, the Newsletter is o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pihet P,d'Errico F,Dörr W,Gruenberger M,Schofield P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since December 2006, approximately 3800 clinical chest tomosynthesis examinations have been performed at our department at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. A subset of the examinations has been included in studies of the detectability of pulmonary nodules, using computed tomography (CT) as the gold standard. Visibilit...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Johnsson AA,Vikgren J,Svalkvist A,Zachrisson S,Flinck A,Boijsen M,Kheddache S,Månsson LG,Båth M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A passively safe small reactor for a distributed energy system, PSRD, is an integral type of light-water reactor with a thermal output of 100 or 300 MW aimed to be used for supplying district heat, electricity to small grids, and so on. Candidate locations for the PSRD as a distributed energy source are on-ground, dee...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Odano N,Ishida T

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:The relation of radiation exposure (dose) with acute radiation syndrome (ARS) depends on many factors. In this overview, we reconsider (1) radiation exposure characteristics (e.g. radiation quality, fractionation, dose rate, partial/total body irradiation) and (2) biological processes (e.g. radiosensitivity, cell cycl...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Port M,Majewski M,Abend M

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a growing public awareness of the risk of accidental radiation exposure due to ageing nuclear power installations, illegal dumping of nuclear waste and terrorist activities, and of the consequential health risks to populations in addition to social and economic disturbance extending beyond national boundaries...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Göksu HY,Bailiff IK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon exposure in schools is different from that in dwellings because the residence pattern is very different each other. So, when effective dose is calculated in schools, different approach should be considered from in dwellings. The aim of this study was to estimate actual effective dose due to inhaled radon conside...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee ER,Chang BU,Kim YJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dosimetric monitoring and protection of the personnel involved into interventional procedures is one of the key issues nowadays, yet doses received by their brains were left without rigorous consideration so far. The paper is the fast track of the results of the pilot study of possible magnitude of operator's doses wi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chumak V,Morgun A,Bakhanova E,Voloskyi V

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:GSI is operating a facility for the production of rare isotopes. Nuclei are produced by fragmentation or fission of the impinging heavy ions with energies of approximately 1 GeV per nucleon. The major part of the primary beam and the produced nuclei is deposited in the components of the Fragment Separator (FRS) and ge...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fehrenbacher G,Festag JG

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new procedure allowing the separate estimation of neutron and gamma dose in mixed radiation fields has been developed in our laboratory. In this communication, a description of the main features of the discrimination procedure and some preliminary results obtained by its use are presented. The procedure is based on ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Delgado A,Muñiz JL,Gómez Ros JM,Romero AM,Rodríguez R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A device based on a single silicon detector of special converter/detector design optimised for the determination of the neutron dose equivalent is also used for the determination of the photon dose equivalent. While the neutron dose is determined on the basis of signals corresponding to energy depositions above 1.5 Me...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Luszik-Bhadra M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BNFL have over 25 years experience of designing nuclear plant for the whole-fuel cycle. In the UK, a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is to be set up to ensure that Britain's nuclear legacy is cleaned up safely, securely and cost effectively. The resulting challenges and opportunities for shielding design will ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jeffries G,Cooper A,Hobson J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Thermoluminescence (TL) characteristics of Y2O3:Er3+ nanophosphor exposed to UV radiations were investigated. Combustion synthesis method was employed to synthesise the nanophosphors. The confirmation for the pure cubic phase was done by powder X-ray diffraction. The particles formed were found to have 23.19 nm size a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kaur M,Bisen DP,Brahme N,Singh P

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The emerging 5 G wireless devices working at frequencies above 6 GHz are expected to have antenna arrays formed by dipoles, slots, patches or their combination. At lower frequencies, the accepted criteria for exposure compliance is stated in terms of specific absorption rate. IEEE and ICNIRP are adopting epithelial or...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Carrasco E,Colombi D,Foster KR,Ziskin M,Balzano Q

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South coast of India is known as the high-level background radiation area (HBRA) mainly due to beach sands that contain natural radionuclides as components of the mineral monazite. The rich deposit of monazite is unevenly distributed along the coastal belt of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. An HBRA site that laid in 2×7 m alon...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Matsuda N,Brahmanandhan GM,Yoshida M,Takamura N,Suyama A,Koguchi Y,Juto N,Raj YL,Winsley G,Selvasekarapandian S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrochemical etching (ECE) method enlarges charged particle tracks to enhance its applications in particular in health physics and radiation dosimetry. The ECE method is usually based on using a high frequency-high voltage (HF-HV) generator with 250-µm-thick polycarbonate track detectors (PCTDs). The authors' r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sohrabi M,Ramezani V

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:European Radiation Dosimetry Group e.V. (EURADOS) survey on individual monitoring data and dose assessment has been carried out for 550 foreigners returning home after being exposed in Japan to intakes of radionuclides (mainly (131)I, (132)I, (132)Te, (134)Cs and (137)Cs) as a consequence of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lopez MA,Fojtik P,Franck D,Osko J,Gerstmann U,Scholl C,Lebacq AL,Breustedt B,Del Risco Norrlid L

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Efficiency tracing with unquenched 14C and zero detection threshold with unquenched 3H as tracers are practical and simple techniques which have been implemented to quantify the activity of various beta emitters using liquid scintillation analyser. These techniques are used to study the influence of quench level on ac...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Reddy PJ,Bhade SP,Babu DA,Sharma DN

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity concentration of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides was determined in different vegetable samples, and foods derived from animal origin, from different locations in the four cities of Southern Tunisia, where large-scale phosphate industries are operating. The aim of the studies was to establish a bas...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Machraoui S,Mohan MP,Naregundi K,Labidi S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In environmental radiation monitoring, the time-variable natural gamma radiation background complicates the nuclide identification and analysis of a gamma spectrum. A full spectrum analysis based on the noise adjusted singular value decomposition method for the description of the time-variable background and adjustmen...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Reinhardt S

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the considerable improvement in accuracy in comparison with previous intercomparison programmes, the outcome of the recent 3rd International Intercomparison on EPR Tooth Dosimetry has demonstrated that performance of various protocols practised in different laboratories significantly varies. SCRM and MUG took ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chumak V,Ciesielski B,Sholom S,Schultka K

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:In recent major international intercomparison exercises on intake and internal dose assessments from monitoring data, the results calculated by different participants varied significantly. Based on this experience the need for harmonisation of the procedures has been formulated within an EU 5th Framework Programme res...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Doerfel H,Andrasi A,Bailey M,Blanchardon E,Cruz-Suarez R,Berkovski V,Castellani CM,Hurtgen C,LeGuen B,Malatova I,Marsh J,Stather J,Zeger J

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：: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