A software tool for increased efficiency in observer performance studies in radiology.

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：:In radiotherapy with carbon ions, biological effects of treatments have to be predicted. For this purpose, one of the most used models is the local effect model (LEM) developed at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Germany. At the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Italy, the reliability of the last ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Russo G,Attili A,Bourhaleb F,Marchetto F,Peroni C,Schmitt E,Bertrand D

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：: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：:Doses in radiology should be as low as reasonably achievable. In order to compare practice in different centres it is necessary to compare patient doses. This can only be undertaken if dosimetry studies are similar. In order to facilitate comparisons, the DIMOND consortium developed a patient dosimetry protocol. Refer...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Faulkner K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physics foundations of hadronic interactions as implemented in most Monte Carlo codes are presented together with a few practical examples. The description of the relevant physics is presented schematically split into the major steps in order to stress the different approaches required for the full understanding o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ferrari A,Sala PR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developments in hadron therapy require efforts to improve the accuracy of the dose delivered to a target volume. Here, the determination of the absorbed dose under reference conditions was analysed. Based on the International Atomic Energy Agency TRS-398 code of practice, for hadron beams, the combined standard uncert...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rossomme S,Palmans H,Thomas R,Lee N,Duane S,Bailey M,Shipley D,Bertrand D,Romano F,Cirrone P,Cuttone G,Vynckier S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The W values of protons in water vapour were measured for energies from 1 keV to 100 keV with uncertainties lower than 1%. To study the energy and phase dependence of W values, the W values of protons in water vapour and liquid water were calculated for energies from 0.1 keV and 10 MeV and then compared to the experim...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Willems G,Back WY,Grosswendt B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individual genetic variation can influence susceptibility to the carcinogenic effects of many environmental carcinogens. In radiation-exposed populations those individuals with a greater genetically determined susceptibility would be at greater risk of developing cancer. To include this modification of risk into radia...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rosemann M,Kuosaite V,Nathrath M,Atkinson MJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Special individual monitoring has been performed for suspected cases of inhalation of plutonium at the Tokai Works of the Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC). Some experimental data obtained from this special individual monitoring during the past 20 years are presented and discussed in this paper. Our expe...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kurihara O,Momose T,Tasaki T,Hayashi N,Shinohara K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic carbon ion beams produce a complex and variable radiation field that changes along the penetration depth due to the high density of energy loss along the particle track together with the secondary particles produced by nuclear fragmentation reactions. An accurate physical characterisation of such complex m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chiriotti S,Conte V,Colautti P,Selva A,Mairani A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An international programme of work is currently under way to develop methods for calculating doses to infants from ingestion of radionuclides present in mothers' milk. This paper considers the special case of the alkaline earth elements. Models have been developed for 45Ca, 90Sr and 226Ra and the sensitivity of result...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Smith TJ,Phipps AW,Fell TP,Harrison JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experimental energy dependence of the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) radiation-induced signal at irradiation by photons in the energy range of 13 keV-1.25 MeV was analysed in terms of the absorbed dose in human tooth enamel. The latter was calculated using a Monte Carlo simulation of the photon and electron...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ivannikov AI,Tikunov DD,Borysheva NB,Trompier F,Skvortsov VG,Stepanenko VF,Hoshi M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1995, requirements on energy-efficient building construction were established in Russian Building Codes. In the course of time, utilisation of such technologies became prevailing, especially in multi-storey building construction. According to the results of radon survey in buildings constructed meeting new requi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vasilyev AV,Yarmoshenko IV,Zhukovsky MV

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of Liulin-type spectrometry-dosimetry instruments (LSDIs) is cosmic radiation monitoring at the workplaces. An LSDI functionally is a low mass, low power consumption or battery-operated dosemeter. LSDIs were calibrated in a wide range of radiation fields, including radiation sources, proton and heavy-...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dachev Ts,Dimitrov P,Tomov B,Matviichuk Y,Spurny F,Ploc O,Brabcova K,Jadrnickova I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lead has recently been recognised as a source of environmental pollution, including the lead used for radiation shielding in radiotherapy. The bremsstrahlung radiation caused by the interaction between the electron beam and lead may reduce the accuracy of radiotherapy. To avoid the use of lead, a new material composed...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yue K,Luo W,Dong X,Wang C,Wu G,Jiang M,Zha Y

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past few years, the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) has been studying a personal electronic neutron dosemeter and an ambient electronic neutron dosemeter based on experimental microdosimetric principles using low pressure proportional counters. The results obtained in 2000 and in ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ménard S,Chau Q,Lahaye T

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International standards for radiation protection dosemeters are published by the International Electrotechnical Commission and the International Organization for Standardization. Several standards exist side by side, although they treat the same measuring task, and specify different requirements, so that dosemeters of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Behrens R,Ambrosi P

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:In 2012, the International Commission on Radiological Protection issued a recommendation for a reduced annual eye-lens dose limit in the face of mounting evidence of the risk of cataract induction. This led to worldwide research efforts in various areas including the dose simulation in realistic eye-models, the produc...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dubeau J,Sun J

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, the result of systematic measurement of the soil gas radon concentrations is discussed and the background values are defined along and around the Main Central Thrust (MCT) in Ukhimath region of Garhwal Himalaya, India. The Ukhimath region is being subjected to intense neotectonic activities like earthqu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Aswal S,Kandari T,Sahoo BK,Bourai AA,Ramola RC

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements were made according to IEEE standard 644-1994 at a height of 1 m above floor level. It is concluded that none of the measurements exceeded the ACGIH threshold limit value. Among all control rooms the highest measured density amount is 0.69 μT in the control room of Ozgol substation and the lowest is 0.2 μ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fard MS,Nasiri P,Monazzam MR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose verification in heavy-ion beams using passive dosemeter systems, e.g. thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs), is crucial due to the changing efficiency of the dosemeters for different ion species and linear energy transfer (LET) values. This behaviour leads to a falsification of absorbed dose that can be significan...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Berger T,Hajek M,Summerer L,Fugger M,Vana N

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon is one of the noble gases, which are chemically inert and do not make any reactants under normal conditions. In this experiment we demonstrated an enigmatic reaction between radon and fluorine when a corona discharge is used as a promoter. Distinctive changes in radon concentrations were caused by the discharge ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yamada Y,Koizumi A,Ishikawa K,Hishinuma Y,Tatenuma K

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:To test the blood tritium level as an estimate of free water tritium (FWT) and organically bound tritium (OBT) in human soft tissues, a tritiated amino acid mixture (TAA) and tritiated water (HTO) were injected or orally administered to mice. Relatively high tritium retention in the blood was found after TAA injection...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Saito M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chips of a radiophotoluminescence glass dosemeter (RPLG) were used for measurements of space radiation during a 9.8 d Shuttle-Mir mission (STS-91) at an altitude of 400 km and an inclination of 51.65 degrees. Two of RPLG chips were put into each of 59 positions in or on a life-size human phantom. The RPLG values equiv...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yasuda H,Fujitaka K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the objectives and reviews the progress of EULEP Working Party 5, convened under the auspices of the European Union's Fifth Framework Programme, to 'cluster' two EU-supported contracts, Biokinetics and Dosimetry of Internal Contamination (BIODOS (EU Contract FIS5-1999-00214)) and Radionuclide Biok...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Taylor DM,Stradling GN,Ménétrier F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:238U, 234U and 235U were determined in tap water from municipal water pipes that drew their supply from surface water or ground water in various locations in Poland. Average activity concentrations of 238U, 234U and 235U in tap water from surface water were 9.6 +/- 7.1, 12.8 +/- 9.7 and 0.41 +/- 0.31 Bq m(-3), respect...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pietrzak-Flis Z,Kaminska I,Chrzanowski E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On 27 occasions, radiation doses were measured for a family member designated as the 'caregiver' for a patient receiving high-dose radioiodine outpatient therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. For 25 of the administrations, patients received 3.7 GBq of (131)I. Radiation doses for the designated caregivers were ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Marriott CJ,Webber CE,Gulenchyn KY

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00