Dose trends in occupational radiation exposure in Europe results from the ESOREX project.

abstract：:In response to questions raised after the Gulf War about the health significance of exposure to depleted uranium (DU), the US Department of Defense initiated a study designed to provide an improved scientific basis for assessment of possible health effects on soldiers in vehicles struck by these munitions. As part of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Parkhurst MA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superlinear behaviour has been observed in dose dependence measurements of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). Previous theoretical work has shown that superlinearity of the integral under the OSL decay curve may occur, resulting from competition with either radiationless luminescence centres or disconnected trap...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper shows methods to suppress radon emanation from artificial porous materials such as phosphorous fertiliser or diatomaceous earth with a small amount of radium. The basic concept of suppression is making the radon emanation mechanism 'null', which comes from the fact that recoil is the main mechanism o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sasaki T,Gunji Y,Okuda T

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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 International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a mandate to assist member states in areas of human health and particularly in the use of radiation for diagnosis and treatment. Clinical audit is seen as an essential tool to assist in assuring the quality of radiation medicine, particularly in the instance of multidi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Faulkner K,Järvinen H,Butler P,McLean ID,Pentecost M,Rickard M,Abdullah B

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：:In paediatrics, the risks associated with ionising radiation should be a major concern, due to children's higher susceptibility to radiation effects. Measure entrance skin dose (ESD) in chest and pelvis X-ray projections and compare the results with the 'European guidelines on quality criteria for diagnostic radiograp...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Paulo G,Santos J,Moreira A,Figueiredo F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Bayesian unfolding has been applied to ionisation distributions due to 5.4 MeV alpha particles in a 20-nm site obtained using Monte Carlo simulations, taking into account different detection efficiency conditions. The ideal case of a target volume with uniform efficiency has been investigated to study the dependence...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： De Nardo L,Lesimple M,Canella S,Grosswendt B

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of large-scale computed tomography (CT) patient dose surveys from the USA, UK and Germany undertaken during the period 1999-2001 were reviewed. The mean values for volume-weighted CT dose index (CTDI(vol)) and dose length product (DLP) were extracted. For head CT examinations, the reported values for the t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Martin CJ,Huda W

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:For an accurate determination of the absorbed doses in complex radiation fields (e.g. mixed neutron-gamma fields), a better interpretation of the response of ionisation chambers is required. This study investigates a model of the ionisation chambers using a different approach, analysing the collected charge per minute...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Roca A,Nievaart VA,Moss RL,Stecher-Rasmussen F,Zamfir NV

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation accidents are fortunately infrequent occurrences, but since their consequences can be very serious as in the Chernobyl and the Fukushima nuclear accidents, medical management of radiation accidents is of great importance. Besides several other tasks, medical management of radiation accidents is one of the ke...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dörr H,Meineke V

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Is atmospheric dispersion forecasting an important asset of the early-phase nuclear emergency response management? Is there a 'perfect atmospheric dispersion model'? Is there a way to make the results of dispersion models more reliable and trustworthy? While seeking to answer these questions the multi-model ensemble d...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Galmarini S,Bianconi R,Klug W,Mikkelsen T,Addis R,Andronopoulos S,Astrup P,Baklanov A,Bartniki J,Bartzis JC,Bellasio R,Bompay F,Buckley R,Bouzom M,Champion H,D'Amours R,Davakis E,Eleveld H,Geertsema GT,Glaab H,Kol

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent in situ hybridisation analysis of stable translocations was performed for 26 residents living along the Techa River (Russia), who were predominantly (95%) exposed to ingested strontium radioisotopes ((89)Sr and (90)Sr) resulting in exposure of their red bone marrow (RBM). Analysis was conducted at the Ural...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vozilova AV,Shagina NB,Degteva MO,Moquet J,Ainsbury EA,Darroudi F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Training in radiation protection is widely recognised as one of the basic components of optimisation programmes for medical exposures. Occupational and patient radiation risks in interventional radiology can be quite high and international bodies have shown concern on this item. Following recommendations of the Intern...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vano E,Gonzalez L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the topics covered by the OMINEX (Optimisation of Monitoring for Internal Exposure) project was to look at the bioassay measurements performed in the European laboratories. Questionnaires on bioassay measurements by alpha spectrometry or inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) were sent to Europea...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hurtgen C,Cossonnet C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In IR procedures, in order to evaluate the effective dose, the importance of the double dosemeter has been recognised, one worn above and one under the apron. Over the last few decades several algorithms have been developed to combine the readings of the dosemeters, however currently there is no international consensu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Negri P,Campi F,De Crescenzo S,Garlati L,Tambussi O

更新日期：2019-12-31 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

abstract：:This work aims at presenting a study using Monte Carlo simulation of a Multileaf Shielding (MLS) System designed to be used for the protection of patients who undergo radiotherapy treatment, against undesired exposure to neutrons produced in the components of the medical linear accelerator heads. The choice of radioth...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rebello WF,Silva AX,Facure A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare image quality and patient dose in cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) in terms of volume computed tomography dose index (CTDI vol), dose length product (DLP) and effective dose, when changing from filtered back projection (FBP) to adaptive iterative dose reduction ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dyakov I,Stoinova V,Groudeva V,Vassileva J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectrum deconvolution is an important task in ionizing radiation measurements, as the pulse height spectra, or, in general, the measured data from spectrometers or other measuring instruments are usually determined by the convolution of the response function with the fluence spectra. The method presented here for obt...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Behrens R,Reginatto M

更新日期：2019-12-23 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 personnel dosimetry department of the Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC) assures the individual monitoring of almost 8000 occupationally exposed workers. Thermoluminescence dosimetry systems will replace the existing photographic dosimetry system for the individual monitoring with the joint support of IAEA and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Carinou E,Drikos G,Hourdakis C,Hyvönen H,Kamenopoulou V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When neutron survey metres are calibrated in neutron fields, the results for room- and air-scattered neutrons vary according to the distance from the source and the size, shape and construction of the neutron calibration room. ISO 8529-2 recommends four approaches for correcting these effects: the shadow-cone method, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee SK,Kim SI,Lee J,Chang I,Kim JL,Kim H,Kim MC,Kim BH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to estimate typical radio frequency exposures from indoor used wireless communication technologies applied in homes and offices, WLAN, Bluetooth and Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications systems, as well as baby surveillance devices and wireless headphones for indoor usage, have been investigated by me...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Schmid G,Lager D,Preiner P,Uberbacher R,Cecil S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion coefficients are a substantial vehicle in practical radiation protection to determine the dose (rate) of a given radiation field. According to ICRU report 57, their values shall be obtained by means of spectrometry. This is, however, a time-consuming complicated procedure that cannot be performed by all dos...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Behnke B,Hupe O

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermoluminescence (TL) dose responses to gamma radiation in the dose range from 0.1 Gy to 20 kGy in MgSO4:Dy, MgSO4:Dy,Mn, MgSO4:Dy,P and MgSO4:Dy,P,Cu phosphors were obtained and fitted by the composite action dose response function to obtain non-linear characteristic parameters, one-hit factor R and characteristic ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zhang CX,Luo DL

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albedo neutron dosemeter is the German official personal neutron dosemeter in mixed radiation fields where neutrons contribute to personal dose. In deep geological repositories for high-level nuclear waste, where neutrons can dominate the radiation field, it is of interest to investigate the performance of albedo neut...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pang B,Becker F

更新日期：2017-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle accelerators and their surroundings are locations of residual radioactivity production that is induced by the interaction of high-energy particles with matter. This paper gives an overview of the principles of activation caused at proton accelerators, which are the main machines operated at Conseil Européen p...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vincke H,Theis C,Roesler S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00