A quality control programme for medical X-ray films in India.

abstract：:Beginning in the 16th century, what was later found to be radon was thought to be causing sickness among miners. During the first decades of the 20th century, exposure to radon was seen as being healthy. During the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s researchers thought that the gamma radiation in residences could produce genetic ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Swedjemark GA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Boron neutron capture therapy is known to be an effective radiation cancer therapy that requires neutron irradiation. A neutron field generated by an accelerator-based neutron source has various energy spectra, and it is necessary to evaluate the neutron spectrum in the treatment field. However, the method used to mea...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tamaki S,Kusaka S,Sato F,Murata I

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We applied circular dichroism (CD) spectral analysis to obtain the secondary structure of the DNA repair protein XRCC4, with a focus on its C-terminus. Using synchrotron radiation as a light source across a wide range of wavelengths, including vacuum ultraviolet (UV) light from 180 to 200 nm and UV light from 200 to 2...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Nishikubo K,Izumi Y,Matsumoto Y,Fujii K,Matsuo K,Yokoya A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zircon contains small amounts of uranium, thorium and radium in its crystalline structure. The ceramic industry is one of the major consumers of zirconium compounds that are used as an ingredient at ∼10-20 % by weight in glaze. In this study, seven different ceramic factories have been investigated regarding the prese...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fathabadi N,Farahani MV,Amani S,Moradi M,Haddadi B

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:There is a preoccupation with linearity and absorbed dose as the basic quantifiers of radiation hazard. An alternative is the fluence approach, whereby radiation hazard may be evaluated, at least in principle, via an appropriate action cross section. In order to compare these approaches, it may be useful to discuss th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Waligórski MP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of this comparative study was to evaluate the national quality assurance program for X-ray diagnostic radiology in Syrian governmental hospitals. Two periods were covered in this study, the first period was from 1986 to 1998 (52 hospitals and 149 X-ray machines were considered) and the second period...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kharita MH,Khedr MS,Wannus KM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CaSO4:Dy is a reliable high-sensitive themoluminescent phosphor useful for low-level and high-level radiation measurements as it exhibits fading free linear dose response with a single glow peak at ~230°C in these dose regions. For large-scale radiation protection dosimetry service, it is embedded in Teflon matrix wit...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lakshmanan A

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An underground station for the measurement of low-level radioactivity is in operation in Northern Italy in the town of Como under the Baradello hill. The rock cover is -300 m water equivalent. This paper reports about the preliminary measurements carried out to characterise the site of the Baradello hill and the insta...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pellicciari M,Fascilla A,Giuliani A,Pedretti M,Cesana A,Garlati L,Terrani M,Raselli GL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thailand is predominantly an agricultural country. The Northern Region occupies the second largest cultivated land area in the country. To establish baseline data for future environmental monitoring, seventy-nine plant samples including vegetables, fruits and tobaccos and their relevant soils were collected from the m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kritsananuwat R,Kranrod C,Chanyotha S,Ploykrathok T,Sriploy P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Described are functions, models and approaches of software tool Emergency Source Term code (ESTE), which is decision support system for crisis staff in case of nuclear or radiological accidents. The first task of ESTE in emergency situation at nuclear facility is to evaluate state of reactor core or state of fuel in s...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fojcíková E,Lipták Ľ,Krpelanová M,Chylý M,Čarný P

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Starting in 2009, certain types of incandescent light bulbs will be withdrawn from the market in the European Union and elsewhere. However, compact fluorescent lamps that are among the candidates to replace them produce intermediate frequency electric fields (EFs) much higher than any other device or appliance previou...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bakos J,Nagy N,Juhász P,Thuróczy G

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are approximately 20 caves of limestone origin in Zonguldak (Turkey). In this study, the results of atmospheric radon measurements performed for two caves are presented. These caves, Gökgöl and Cehennemağzi, are open to tourism. Gökgöl Cave is the longer, at nearly 3,200 m in length. Cehenennemağzi is a pit-type...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Aytekin H,Baldik R,Celebi N,Ataksor B,Tasdelen M,Kopuz G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early phase of a nuclear reactor accident, in-vivo monitoring of impacted population would be highly useful to detect potential contamination during the passage of the cloud and to estimate the dose from inhalation of measured radionuclides. However, it would be important to take into account other exposure com...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Challeton-de Vathaire C,Quentric E,Didier D,Blanchardon E,Davesne E,Rannou A,Agarande M,Renaud-Salis V,Franck D

更新日期：2019-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignite burning is one of the sources of technologically enhanced exposure to humans from natural radionuclides. In the preliminary study, part of the survey, the activity concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in 112 samples of feed lignites from seven lignite-fired power plants in Western Anatolia (Seyitömer, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cam NF,Yaprak G,Eren E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amazing feature of ionising radiation (IR) as a DNA damaging agent is the range of lesions it induces. Such lesions include base damage, single strand breaks (SSBs), double strand breaks (DSBs) of varying complexity and DNA cross links. A range of DNA damage response mechanisms operate to help maintain genomic sta...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jeggo P,Löbrich M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is popularly known that people who entered into the ground-zero area shortly after the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki suffered from various syndromes similar to acute radiation effects. External exposures from neutron-induced radionuclides in soil have recently been reassessed based on DS02 calculations ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Imanaka T,Endo S,Kawano N,Tanaka K

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dosimetric technique described in this paper is based on electron spin resonance (ESR) detectors using an alanine-boric compound acid enriched with (10)B, and beryllium oxide thermoluminescent (TL) detectors; with this combined dosimetry, it is possible to discriminate the doses due to thermal neutrons and gamma r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bartolotta A,D'Oca MC,Lo Giudice B,Brai M,Borio R,Forini N,Salvadori P,Manera S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the course of an intercomparison exercise it was possible to compare two JAERI phantoms with each other by using a multi-energy photon emitting lung set (241Am/152Eu). One belonged to the IAEA (Vienna), the other belonged to the Human Monitoring Laboratory (Ottawa). The intercomparison of the phantoms showed th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kramer GH,Hauck BM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography dose index w and dose length product were recorded for the purpose of developing diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for radiation dose optimisation. The study was conducted in three radiology departments with CT centres in Northern Nigeria. Data were collected from 54 consenting adult participants ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Garba I,Engel-Hills P,Davidson F,Tabari AM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The entrance surface dose (ESD) (skin dose) and its variation due to overlapping radiation fields at mammography have been experimentally investigated on patients during two-view mammography screening examinations of both breasts and on phantoms of silicon gel. Measurements were done using multiple thermoluminescence ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Adliene D,Cibulskaite I,Laurikaitiene J,Adlys G

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of beryllium-7 ((7)Be), lead-210 ((210)Pb) and caesium-137 ((137)Cs) were measured at two sites in the city of Belgrade (Serbia). One monitoring site was located in the central city area with heavy traffic and the other within the Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca, in the suburbs. Presented data cover...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Todorovic D,Popovic D,Nikolic J,Ajtic J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A passively safe small reactor for a distributed energy system, PSRD, is an integral type of light-water reactor with a thermal output of 100 or 300 MW aimed to be used for supplying district heat, electricity to small grids, and so on. Candidate locations for the PSRD as a distributed energy source are on-ground, dee...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Odano N,Ishida T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation particles, besides their application to fundamental research, are widely applied in all fields of science (medicine, material science, chemistry, etc.). Up to today the radiations were produced by radiation sources such as accelerators, X-ray tubes, radioactive sources with the well-known problems of costs, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Esposito A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantive safety of radiological and other medical procedures can be radically reduced by unconscious factors governing scientific thought. In addition, the historical exclusion of women from these disciplines has possibly skewed their development in directions that now need to be addressed. This paper focuses o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Condren M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutron dose equivalent in aircraft is measured using commercial bubble detectors, but at high altitudes there are not only neutrons but also protons. Bubble detectors have been used because they are considered not to be sensitive to protons, but this has been the subject of only a few studies. In this study, by i...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Takada M,Kitamura H,Koi T,Nakamura T,Fujitaka K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the findings of the radiation situation analysis on-site near Sysoeva and Razbojnik Bays. The results of radiation monitoring performed by radiological laboratory of DalRAO and studies performed by the experts from the Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Centre have been used in the course of an...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Shandala NK,Kiselev SM,Lucyanec AI,Titov AV,Seregin VA,Isaev DV,Akhromeev SV

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the dose-equivalent of neutrons in an extended energy range, in the present work a multi-element thick gas electron multiplier-based microdosemeter made of PMMA (Perspex) walls of 10 mm in thickness is designed. Each cavity is filled with the propane-based tissue-equivalent (TE) gas simulating 1 µm of tis...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Moslehi A,Raisali G

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of solid tissue substitutes is a well-accepted and common practice in dosimetric studies and in the production of counting standards for radiological protection. However, only a few solid tissue substitutes simulating a particular body tissue with respect to a set of physical characteristics are commercially a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kinase S,Kimura M,Noguchi H,Yokoyama S

更新日期：2005-01-01 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