Activity concentrations and mean annual effective dose from gamma-emitting radionuclides in the Lebanese diet.

abstract：:Results of the long-term autopsy studies on plutonium body burden in the population of Ozyorsk situated in the vicinity of the radiochemical plant of the Mayak Production Association (Russia) have been presented. The data were obtained from radiochemical analysis of the soft tissue and bone samples collected at the au...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Suslova KG,Khokhryakov VF,Sokolova AB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Workshop on Emergency Preparedness for Vulnerable Population Groups was held on 2 and 3 March 2009 in Ottawa, ON, Canada. The purpose of the workshop was to enhance communications within the emergency community response network and to identify the needs and gaps of emergency preparedness against chemical, biologic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen J,Wilkinson D,Richardson RB,Waruszynski B

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-ray spectra were measured using a LaBr$_{3}$(Ce) spectrometer during the outage periods, aiming at quantifying the gamma source term of radiation workers' exposure, at the CANDU nuclear power reactors, for the purposes of eye lens dosimetry. The spectra were measured inside the boiler rooms, of the Bruce Power a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Laranjeiro AS,Bohra F,Byun SH,Atanackovic J,Hanu AR

更新日期：2020-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the framework of collaboration among the ENEA Radiation Protection Institute (Bologna), the ENEA Fusion Department (Frascati) and the INFN-LNF-Radiation Protection Group (Frascati), an experimental campaign was organised on the usage of thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) for the dosimetric and spectrometric chara...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bedogni R,Angelone M,Esposito A,Chiti M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to provide reference fields for the ionising radiation, PTB operates the ion accelerator facility. Referring to high energy photons, reference fields according to International Organization for Standardization 4037 series are produced. The neutron component of the 6-7 MeV photon field (R-F), which is produced...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Röttger S,Heiske A,Nolte R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous observation of radioactivity ratio of (214)Bi to (214)Pb as tracers in rainwater was carried out with 15-min cyclic measurement at Nagoya, Japan, from August 2011 to July 2012 to characterise wet deposition. The ratio ranged from 0.55 to 3.82. Based on the observation and a simplified time evolution model o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Moriizumi J,Kondo D,Kojima Y,Liu H,Hirao S,Yamazawa H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this research, the effect of magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu) and phosphorus (P) impurities on dosimetry response of LiF:Mg,Cu,P phosphors is studied experimentally and by the simulation procedure. In the experimental procedure, LiF:Mg,Cu,P phosphors in the powder form were synthesised by chemical co-precipitation metho...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mohammadi K,Khayat O,Afarideh H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a method to discriminate between natural and other γ-ray sources from environmental γ-ray dose rate monitoring data was developed, and it was successfully applied to actual monitoring data around nuclear facilities. The environmental dose rate is generally monitored by NaI(Tl) detector systems in the lo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kumagai K,Ookubo H,Kimura H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A passive Bonner sphere system (BSS), based on thermal neutron activation detectors, was developed to perform neutron spectrometry in pulsed and very intense (n-gamma) fields with predominant photon component, as those produced by high energy (>10 MV) medical linear electron accelerators. In this paper, a description ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Amgarou K,Lacoste V,Muller H,Fernández F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current concerns focus on the high doses encountered in computed tomography (CT) examinations as they are extending towards younger and more radiosensitive patients. Previous work produced conversion coefficients for effective dose (E) from dose-length product (DLP) for four anatomical body regions applicable to any p...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dougeni E,Chapple CL,Willis J,Panayiotakis G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The epithermal neutron beam at the LVR-15 reactor was designed for the Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT) of cancers, but it has also been used for material testing. In the case where the beam is closed with two designed shutters, there is still an indispensable background in the irradiation room, which limits the m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Marek M,Viererbl L

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of medical imaging systems may be performed using both subjective (e.g. high contrast limiting resolution, and low contrast detail detectability), and objective/physical (e.g. characteristic curve, signal-to-noise ratio, modulation transfer function, and Wiener spectra) indices of image quality. For the...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Marsh DM,Malone JF

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel neutron dose measurement method that flexibly responds to variations in the neutron field is being developed by Japan Atomic Energy Agency. This is an implementation of the multi-detector method (first introduced in 1960s) for neutron dose evaluation using a convex hull in the response space defined for multip...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hashimoto M,Iimoto T,Kosako T

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, microdosimetric energy distributions of secondary charged particles from the (10)B(n,α)(7)Li reaction in boron-neutron capture therapy (BNCT) field were calculated using the Particle and Heavy Ion Transport code System (PHITS). The PHITS simulation was performed to reproduce the geometrical set-up of an...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Baba H,Onizuka Y,Nakao M,Fukahori M,Sato T,Sakurai Y,Tanaka H,Endo S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactive contamination of the environment occurred in the early fifties as a result of the releases from the Mayak plutonium production complex (Southern Urals, Russia). The releases of liquid wastes into the Techa river resulted in chronic exposure of 30,000 residents of the riverside communities. Since 1951 90Sr ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Degteva MO,Kozheurov VP,Tolstykh EI

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Values of the new protection quantity 'Local Skin Dose' LSD, introduced by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) Publication 116, were calculated for 134 β- or β+ emitting radionuclides, using the Monte Carlo code MCNP6. Two types of source geometry are considered: a point source and disc-type...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bourgois L,Ménard S,Comte N

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work is to use Monte Carlo simulations and VOXEL phantoms to estimate the absorbed dose in paediatric patients (aged from 2 weeks to 16 y), with normal renal function, to whom technetium-99m-dimercaptosuccinic acid (99mTc-DMSA) was administered, for diagnostic renal scintigraphy purposes; and compare t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Teles P,Mendes M,Zankl M,de Sousa V,Santos AI,Vaz P

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Monte Carlo simulations were used to assess secondary neutron doses received by patients treated with proton therapy for ocular melanoma and craniopharyngioma. MCNPX calculations of out-of-field doses were done for ∼20 different organs considering realistic treatment plans and using computational phantoms representati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Farah J,Sayah R,Martinetti F,Donadille L,Lacoste V,Hérault J,Delacroix S,Nauraye C,Vabre I,Lee C,Bolch WE,Clairand I

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative studies on the translocation and retention of intramuscularly (i.m.) injected thorium nitrate (234Th 46 ng + 232Th 5 microg per rat) in solutions of citrate, CaDTPA or citrate + CaDTPA in rats have been conducted. Results showed that only thorium in mixed-ligand solution was entirely translocated from the ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rencová J,Vlková A,Veselá G

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the radiation environment inside the International Space Station, solid state nuclear track detector stacks were used. Within the BRADOS experiments, Phase 1, seven stacks were exposed at different locations of the Russian segment 'Zvezda' for 248 days in 2001. It was supposed that the radiation field inside ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pálfalvi JK,Akatov Y,Szabó J,Sajó-Bohus L,Eördögh I

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclides that have entered the environment through nuclear weapon tests, nuclear accidents or other human activities represent an ecological hazard. Many decontamination techniques are technically and financially demanding and often not environmentally beneficial. A suitable alternative is bioremediation techniqu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Galanda D,Tatarová D,Kuruc J,Gaálová B,Slimáková J

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic simulations of the thermoluminescence characteristics of LiF:Mg, Ti are reviewed in the framework of conduction band/valence band models. Delocalised recombination models have been mainly applied to the simulation of glow peak shapes, although comparison with experimental data has proven difficult if not impos...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Eliyahu I,Oster L

更新日期：2021-01-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential harmful effect of electromagnetic fields on human health is an important issue that has been widely discussed in the scientific community. The investigation of temperature rise in human body following exposure to electromagnetic fields has been found impractical in many aspects. Therefore, fabrication of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sorgucu U,Develi I,Ozen S

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STAC8 is a significant improvement upon its predecessor PHOTON and is a valuable analytical code for quick and conservative beamline shielding designs for synchrotron radiation (SR) facilities. In order to check the applicability, accuracy and limitations of STAC8, studies were conducted to compare the results of STAC...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Liu JC,Fasso A,Prinz A,Rokni S,Asano Y

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of geometrical phantoms for computed tomography (CT) dosimetry can incur errors in the calculation of effective dose due to the anatomically incorrect organ shapes and distributions, and unrepresentative body dimensions. A Monte Carlo program that makes use of an anatomically correct voxel phantom has been dev...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Castellano IA,Dance DR,Evans PM

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Spinal deformities affect young individuals predominantly girls who are usually subjected to regular and intensive radiological investigation especially before and after corrective surgery. Optimisation of spine computed tomography (CT) and the implementation of the low-dose CT in the work-up of spinal deformities wer...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Abul-Kasim K

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of spatial distribution of the indoor radon has assumed in the last years a lot of interest. The geostatistical techniques turn out to be particularly promising. The present work presents the results of a study where around 4000 indoor radon data from Veneto, Friuli Venezia-Giulia and Alto Adige, collected d...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bertolo A,Bigliotto C,Giovani C,Garavaglia M,Spinella M,Verdi L,Pegoretti S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to calculate total cruising route effective doses using three commonly used algorithm codes CARI-6, EPCARD and SIEVERT. Further, the impact of flight cruising duration, altitude and latitude on the estimated effective doses will also be investigated. A total of 24 commercial UAE flight data we...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dalah EZ,Elmahdi HM,Al Humaidan KS,Semerjian L

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Within the framework of the EURADOS Working Group 11, a comparison of passive neutron dosemeters in high-energy neutron fields was organised in 2011. The aim of the exercise was to evaluate the response of poly-allyl-glycol-carbonate neutron dosemeters from various European dosimetry laboratories to high-energy neutro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Trompier F,Boschung M,Buffler A,Domingo C,Cale E,Chevallier MA,Esposito A,Ferrarini M,Geduld DR,Hager L,Hohmann E,Mayer S,Musso A,Romero-Esposito M,Röttger S,Smit FD,Sashala Naik A,Tanner R,Wissmann F,Caresana M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00