Distribution of doses received by Cuban population due to environmental sources of radioactivity.

abstract：:Planning and preparation in advance for radiological emergencies can help to minimise potential public health and environmental threats if and when an actual emergency occurs. During the planning process, emergency response organisations think through how they would respond to each type of incident and the resources t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yusof MA,Ali HM

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：:Representative environmental samples (sandy soil, limestone, marble and gravels) collected from Wadi El Assuity, protective area, Assuit governorate in Upper Egypt have been investigated radiometrically using NaI (Tl) gamma-ray spectrometer. The specific activity of the radionuclides in Bq kg⁻¹ for soil ranged between...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： El-Taher A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of fast neutron therapy and boron neutron capture therapy is currently being studied as a possible treatment for some radio-resistant brain tumours. In an attempt to design a boron-enhanced fast neutron therapy beam for the Fermilab Fast Neutron Therapy Facility, the use of moderating material surround...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sweezy J,Hertel N,Lennox A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Italian National Centre for Oncological Hadrontherapy is currently under construction in Pavia. It is designed for the treatment of deep-seated tumours (up to a depth of 27 cm of water equivalent) with proton and C-ion beams as well as for both clinical and radiobiological research. The particles will be accelerat...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pelliccioni M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method was developed to determine HT deposition velocity and to investigate how environmental factors affect the deposition processes including the diffusion into soil and the biochemical conversion by microorganisms to HTO in soil. This method, using a chamber and two tritium samplers, enables determination of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Koarashi J,Amano H,Andoh M,Iida T,Koma T

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image quality for similar exposure conditions has been compared for two computed radiography (CR) systems (needle-based and conventional storage phosphor) and two flat-panel (DR) systems from different manufacturers mainly devoted to chest radiology. Image quality was assessed with a contrast-detail object and acrylic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fernandez JM,Ordiales JM,Guibelalde E,Prieto C,Vano E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic reference level (DRL) for routine digital radiography examinations in Mazandaran province. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirteen digital radiographic examinations at 18 high-patient-load radiography centres were investigated. The indirect dosimetry m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hoseini Motlagh Z,Shabestani Monfared A,Deevband MR,Abedi-Firouzjah R,Ghaemian N,Abdi R,Ebrahimnejad Gorji K

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The standard paradigm for radiation effects in cellular systems has involved direct damage to DNA and in particular, DNA double strand breaks as the triggering lesions leading to mutation, cell death and transformation. Recently, however, a growing body of evidence has reported non-targeted effects, which are not a di...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prise KM,Belyakov OV,Newman HC,Patel S,Schettino G,Folkard M,Michael BD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation qualities were characterised and validated at the fully automated X-ray calibration facility of the Individual Monitoring Service at Helmholtz Zentrum München by using half-value layer and Hp(10) dosimetry approaches specified in the updated ISO 4037:2019 standard. As the ISO 4037 contains a somewhat vague d...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bandalo V,Greiter MB,Brönner J,Hoedlmoser H

更新日期：2019-12-31 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：:The variety of radiative models for solar UV radiation is discussed. For the evaluation of measured UV radiation at the ground the basic problem is the availability of actual values of the atmospheric parameters that influence the UV radiation. The largest uncertainties are due to clouds and aerosol, which are highly ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Koepke P

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific transfer coefficient from feed to cow's milk, for (137)Cs in the villages around Narora, a nuclear power station site in India, determined over a period of 17 y, is presented in this paper. In the transport model for the prediction of the concentration of (137)Cs in milk, the transfer coefficient from fe...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kumar D,Kumar A,Sharma AK,Singh B,Ravi PM,Sarkar PK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive data have been gathered in the past on the response of different detectors, based on the registration of neutron-induced fissions in bismuth, gold, tantalum and thorium by the spark-replica counter and the thin film breakdown counter. These detectors make it possible to exploit the excellent characteristics ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tommasino L,Tripathy SP

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Realising that the major part of radiation protection efforts had been directed for over half a century at radiation protection of workers, and that there are major issues in relation to medical exposure, which contributes to over 95 % of the dose to the global population from man-made sources, with increasing individ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rehani MM,Holmberg O,Ortiz López P,Mettler F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of multiple biomarkers from radiation casualties undergoing limited- or full-supportive care including treatment with filgrastim is critical to develop rapid and effective diagnostic triage strategies. The efficacy of filgrastim with full-supportive care was compared with results with limited-supportive ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ossetrova NI,Blakely WF,Nagy V,McGann C,Ney PH,Christensen CL,Koch AL,Gulani J,Sigal GB,Glezer EN,Hieber KP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the thermoluminescence properties of natural calcite samples were examined in detail. The glow curve of the sample irradiated with beta radiation shows two main peaks, P1 (at 115 °C) and P4 (at 254 °C). The additive dose, variable heating rate, computer glow curve deconvolution, peak shape and three poi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yildirim RG,Kafadar VE,Yazici AN,Gün E

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, an approach to compute the dose conversion coefficients (DCCs) is described for the computational voxel phantom 'High-Definition Reference Korean-Man' (HDRK-Man) using artificial neural networks (ANN). For this purpose, the voxel phantom was implemented into the Monte Carlo (MC) transport toolkit GEAN...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kadri O,Manai K

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:This study was conducted to assess the level of radioactivity and the radiation hazards associated with granite rocks used for construction of buildings. The measurement of radioactivity content of the rock samples was performed with gamma-spectrometry equipped with Nal (TI) detector. From the results obtained in this...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fadol N,Idriss H,Salih I,Ragab NA,Osman S,Sam AK

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes a technique for the measurement of 222Rn by absorption in polycarbonate (PC) powder and liquid scintillation counting (LSC). The work is an improvement of the recently proposed method for 222Rn measurements by LSC of exposed PC grains. It is demonstrated that the use of PC powder as a 222Rn sampler...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mitev K,Georgiev S,Pressyanov D,Dimitrova I,Zhivkova V,Boshkova T

更新日期：2014-07-01 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 current revision of the Swiss Radiological Protection Ordinance aims to bring Swiss legislation in line with new international standards. In future, the control of radon exposure in dwellings will be based on a reference level of 300 Bq m(-3). Since this value is exceeded in >10 % of the buildings so far investiga...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Palacios Gruson M,Barazza F,Murith C,Ryf S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose and dose rate effectiveness factors (DDREF), in conjunction with other weighting factors, are commonly used to scale atomic bomb survivor data in order to establish limits for occupational radiation exposure, including radiation exposure in space. We use some well-known facts about the microscopic pattern of ener...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Schimmerling W,Cucinotta FA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the results of the simulation of a radiophotoluminescent (RPL) dosemeter with the Monte Carlo transport code MCNPX. The aim of this study is to calculate the response with MCNPX of the RPL dosemeter in terms of equivalent doses H(p) (0.07) and H(p)(10) using X-ray photon radiation qualities N seri...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hocine N,Donadille L,Huet C,Itié C,Clairand I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Japanese voxel phantom in upright posture, JM2, has been developed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male. Body characteristics of JM2 were compared with those of the supine voxel phantom, JM, previously developed using CT images of the same person. Differences were found in the shapes of the spi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

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

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To aid in protecting patients from unnecessary exposures and to reduce radiation burdens to the public, a system for tracking a patient's medical exposure history and related radiation doses would be a useful tool. A patient-centred exposure registry, the Patient Exposure Registry (PER), is a mechanism that provides t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen J,Moir D,Cornett J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of dose surveys has been to detect and bring down wide variation in radiation doses for any particular radiological examination and to avoid doses that are on higher side. Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) have been used for over two decades as an aid in this objective. With very limited success that...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rehani MM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the seasonal variations of indoor radon levels in dwellings located in the Ramallah province and East Jerusalem suburbs, Palestine. The measurements were performed during the summer and winter of the year 2006/2007 using CR-39 solid-state-nuclear-track detectors. The total number of investigated bu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Leghrouz AA,Abu-Samreh MM,Shehadeh AK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most countries of European Union, legislation requires the determination of the total skin dose received by patients during interventional procedures in order to prevent deterministic damages. Various dose indicators like dose-area product (DAP), cumulative dose (CD) and entrance dose at the patient plane (EFD) are...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Domienik J,Papierz S,Jankowski J,Peruga JZ,Werduch A,Religa W

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00