Japanese adult male voxel phantom constructed on the basis of CT images.

abstract：:Risks of childhood leukaemia and lymphoma were investigated for specific work-related exposures of mothers in the UK Childhood Cancer Study. Interviews with parents of 1881 leukaemia and lymphoma cases (0-14 years) and 3742 controls collected job histories recording exposure to eight specific agents. Exposure was (1) ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： McKinney PA,Raji OY,van Tongeren M,Feltbower RG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radiation doses to patient in computed tomography (CT) in Syria have been investigated and compared with similar studies in different countries. This work surveyed 30 CT scanners from six different manufacturers distributed all over Syria. Some of the results in this paper were part of a project launched by the In...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kharita MH,Khazzam S

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine monitoring is the preferred method to determine exposure to soluble compounds of uranium in workplaces. The interpretation of uranium contents in workers bioassay samples requires knowledge on uranium excretion and its dependence on intake by diet. Exceptionally high concentrations of natural uranium in private ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Muikku M,Heikkinen T,Puhakainen M,Rahola T,Salonen L

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The ESOREX project was initiated in 1997 by the EC DG TREN and it was executed by the BfS/Germany in close co-operation with the State Office for Nuclear Safety/Czech Republic). It consists of surveys on radiation monitoring and exposure carried out in the 30 European states. The study provides comparable descriptions...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Frasch G,Petrová K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of (220)Rn (thoron) progeny for human exposure has been widely recognised in the past decades. Since no stable equilibrium factor was found between indoor thoron and its progeny, and the concentration of thoron progeny varies with time, it is necessary to develop detectors for long-term measurement that...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bi L,Tschiersch J,Meisenberg O,Wielunski M,Li JL,Shang B

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:The use of a custom-made cylindrical graphite proportional counter (Cy-GPC) along with a cylindrical tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) for neutron-gamma mixed-field dosimetry has been studied in the following steps: first, the consistency of the gamma dose measurement between the Cy-TEPC and the Cy-GPC was...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Forouzan F,Waker AJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 analysis of body elements using the prompt gamma rays neutron activation method is a very useful and highly accurate method Lone, M. A., Mughabghab, S. F. and Paviotti-Corcuera, R. Development of a database for prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis. Summary Report of the Second Research Coordination Meeting...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Araghian N,Rafat-Motavalli L,Miri-Hakimabad H

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Tissue-equivalent proportional counters (TEPCs) have long been considered suitable candidate instruments for more accurate neutron monitors in nuclear power plants. It has also been recognised that the production of truly light-weight devices based on TEPCs requires further effort directed towards increasing their sen...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Waker AJ,Aslam,Lori J

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the non-intersection model of cylindrical capillaries, the mean radius of the pores of some soils and building materials are estimated. In size, the above-mentioned radii are usually of the order of the free path of gas molecules at atmospheric pressure. A review of pore size distribution data also reveals th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Minkin L

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioisotopic content of 17 samples of natural and manufactured building materials collected in Tunisia have been analysed by using gamma spectrometry. From the measured gamma ray spectra, activity concentrations are determined for (232)Th, (226)Ra, (235)U and (40)K. The total effective dose and the activity conce...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hizem N,Ben Fredj A,Ghedira L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The focus of nuclear emergency planning in Austria has been so far on mitigating effects of widespread contamination (e.g. after NPP accidents); however, these plans did not contain provisions on the medical management of an acute radiation syndrome. To close this gap, a 'Medical Radiation Emergency Plan' was created ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ziegler A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Environmental radiation monitoring in the vicinity of coal-fired power plants which are used primarily to determine the variability in measured background exposures are presented in this article; this is in order to estimate the contribution due to the plants' operation. Measurements have been done using a multi-eleme...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Adrovic F,Prokić M,Ninković MM,Glisić R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fast assessment of the dose received by exposed persons is crucial in radiological accidents, so the 48 h of cell culture in conventional cytogenetic dosimetry in addition to some limitations after high doses becomes a disadvantage. The premature chromosome condensation (PCC) assay permits to analyse enough cells ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Romero I,Lamadrid AI,González JE,García O,Voisin P,Roy L

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ICRP Publication 66 Human Respiratory Tract Model (HRTM) has been applied to calculate dose coefficients and bioassay functions using default values of parameters relating to the material and the subjects. The ICRP Task Group on Internal Dosimetry (INDOS) has developed a guidance document on application of the HRT...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bailey MR,Ansoborlo E,Guilmette RA,Paquet F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved radiation protection of humans requires a better understanding of the mechanisms of radiation action and accurate estimates of radiation risk for both internal and external radiations. The Japanese atomic bomb survivors represent one of the most important sources of human data on the late carcinogenic effects...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pattison JE,Hugtenburg RP,Charles MW,Beddoe AH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New imaging technologies utilising X rays and radiopharmaceuticals are continuously under development. The benefit of computed tomography (CT) has been so dramatic that there is a tendency to overuse it and not to place enough efforts into optimisation of the technique. It is also now more and more common to combine t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mattsson S,Söderberg M

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：: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：:At the Northern Illinois University Institute for Neutron Therapy at Fermilab, the clinical tissue-equivalent ionisation chamber response is measured every treatment day using a cesium source that was configured to match readings obtained at the National Bureau of Standards. Daily measurements are performed in air usi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kroc TK,Lennox AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positron emission tomography (PET) is a non-invasive medical imaging technique normally used for diagnostic purposes to determine the location and concentration of physiologically active compounds in a human body. An unshielded cyclotron is used for PET at the Clinica Universitaria de Navarra to produce short-lived po...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fernández F,Amgarou K,Domingo C,García MJ,Quincoces G,Martí-Climent JM,Méndez R,Barquero R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EC (European Council) Directive on radiation protection of patients requires that criteria for acceptability of equipment in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy be established throughout the member states. This study reviews the background to this requirement and to its implementation in practi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Malone J,Baldelli P,Balter S,Bischof N,Bosmans H,Dowling A,Edyvean S,Gallagher A,Faulkner K,Horner K,Malone L,Mclean ID,O'Connor U,Schreiner A,Vassileva J,Vano E,Zoetelief J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the low doses (and low dose rates) relevant to environmental and occupational radiation exposure (0-50 mSv), which are of practical concern for radiation protection, very few cells in the human organism experience more than one traversal by densely ionising particles in their lifetime, the intervals between the tra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gerardi S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An optical fibre radiation dosemeter has been developed that utilises optically stimulated luminescence and scintillation to provide independent, remote, real-time dose measurements. The radiation sensitive element consists of a 1 mm long, 0.4 mm diameter piece of copper-ion-doped fused quartz that is attached to a 1 ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Huston AL,Justus BL,Falkenstein PL,Miller RW,Ning H,Altemus R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute of Standards and Technology developed a new set of test sources for testing of portal monitors against the ANSI standard N42.35-2004. The design and source specifications are provided in this work. ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lucas L,Pibida L,Unterweger M,Karam L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a radiation detector based on an organic scintillator for spectrometry and dosimetry of out-of-field secondary neutrons from clinical proton beams. The detector consists of an EJ-299-34 crystalline organic scintillator, coupled by fiber optic cable to a silicon photomultiplier (SiPM). Proof of concept mea...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Beyer KA,Di Fulvio A,Stolarczyk L,Parol W,Mojzeszek N,Kopéc R,Clarke SD,Pozzi SA

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In projection radiography, two types of digital imaging systems are currently available, computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR): a difference between them can be stated in terms of dose and image quality. In the Radiology Emergency Department of our hospital, a flat-panel DR equipment (Siemens Axiom Ari...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Compagnone G,Pagan L,Baleni MC,Calzolaio FL,Barozzi L,Bergamini C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00