Transition from screen-film to computed radiography in a paediatric hospital: the missing link towards optimisation.

abstract：:The activity concentration of natural and anthropogenic radionuclides was determined in different vegetable samples, and foods derived from animal origin, from different locations in the four cities of Southern Tunisia, where large-scale phosphate industries are operating. The aim of the studies was to establish a bas...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Machraoui S,Mohan MP,Naregundi K,Labidi S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventional cardiology procedures are usually associated with high patient doses and even deterministic radiation effects may occur. Expensive digital flat panels are preferably used to lower doses, and Athens General Hospital has recently installed one. However, this study shows that it is the cardiologists' pract...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mavrikou I,Kottou S,Tsapaki V,Neofotistou V

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The image background resulting from imaged anatomy can be divided into those components that are meaningful to the observers, in the sense that they are recognised as separate structures, and those that are not. These latter components (reffered to as anatomical noise) can be removed using a method developed within th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Båth M,Håkansson M,Börjesson S,Hoeschen C,Tischenko O,Kheddache S,Vikgren J,Månsson LG

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:A new proposed design of neutron shielding material-based on the commercial material Borotron UH050 with an addition of Al(OH)3-is evaluated in order to determine if its neutron and gamma shielding properties match those of a reference material, NS4FR. Neutron and gamma dosimetry measurements are performed, as well as...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Campo X,Méndez R,Lacerda MAS,Garrido D,Embid M,Sanz J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A BEAMnrc Monte Carlo simulation of a diagnostic X-ray unit in a broad beam geometry intended for the derivation of effective linear attenuation coefficients was validated against measurements made on the X-ray unit on which the simulation was based. The validation process assessed the size of the beam, the first and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Worrall M,Sutton DG

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:An important factor in calculation of quantities describing the radiation situation is the selection of a calculation code. In this article, the radiation situation for selected geometries with multilayer shields was judged. Calculations were carried out using deterministic code VISIPLAN and stochastic code MCNP5. Int...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bednár D,Lištjak M,Slimák A,Nečas V

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

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：:To develop retrospective dosimetry of unexpected radiation accident, basic studies on violet thermoluminescence (VTL) phenomena were conducted using natural quartz grains. All VTL glowcurves of as-received samples did not exhibit peaks <250 degrees C, although for artificially irradiated quartz samples there were VTL ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fujita H,Hashimoto T

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:In the event of a criticality accident, not only the maximal doses received by the victims must be determined but it is also crucial to evaluate the doses to the different organs. With a neutron component, morphology is a key parameter in the organ dose calculation. As the simulation tools can be time consuming to pro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chevallier MA,Pontier JB,Morin H,Duluc M,Evo S,Letang E,Trompier F

更新日期：2020-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a radiological or nuclear emergency, first responders and the public may become internally contaminated with radioactive materials, as demonstrated during the Goiânia, Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. Timely monitoring of the affected populations for potential internal contamination, assessment of radiatio...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Li C,Ansari A,Etherington G,Jourdain JR,Kukhta B,Kurihara O,Lopez MA,Ménétrier F,Alves Dos Reis A,Solomon S,Zhang J,Carr Z

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:Our debaters have agreed to defend positions that appear to be diametrically opposed; nevertheless, they have acknowledged some common ground. Although it was not explicitly stated, they would no doubt agree that workers and the public are adequately protected by our present system of radiation regulations. Our debate...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Edwards AA

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relation of radiation exposure (dose) with acute radiation syndrome (ARS) depends on many factors. In this overview, we reconsider (1) radiation exposure characteristics (e.g. radiation quality, fractionation, dose rate, partial/total body irradiation) and (2) biological processes (e.g. radiosensitivity, cell cycl...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Port M,Majewski M,Abend M

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The SCK·CEN has carried out neutron field characterisation campaigns at several nuclear reactors. The main goal of these measurement campaigns was to evaluate the performance of different neutron personal dosemeters. To be able to evaluate the performance of neutron personal dosemeters in terms of Hp(10), knowledge of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cauwels V,Vanhavere F,Reginatto M

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose metrics on intraoral and panoramic dental radiography were analyzed to preliminarily indicate dose trend of dental radiology equipment in Indonesia. Measurements were performed in 71 healthcare institutions involving a total of 92 dental X-ray devices. Imaging modes are categorized into 'low dose' and 'high dose'...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lubis LE,Bayuadi I,Bayhaqi YA,Ardiansyah F,Setiadi AR,Sugandi RD,Craig LA,Nasir A,Basith RA,Pawiro SA,Soejoko DS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dose response effects of diodes due to the high atomic number of silicon relative to water are investigated. While quality chances in the primary component of a megavoltage beam with depth are minimal. Compton scattered photons are shown to have a substantial effect on the quality leading to their enhanced absorption ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yin Z,Hugtenburg RP,Beddoe AH

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The internal dosimetry computer program internal dose assessment by computer (IDAC) for calculations of absorbed doses to organs and tissues as well as effective doses to patients from examinations with radiopharmaceuticals has been developed. The new version, IDAC2.0, incorporates the International Commission on Radi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Andersson M,Johansson L,Minarik D,Mattsson S,Leide-Svegborn S

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Composite neutron scintillators consisting of neutron-insensitive fluorescent dopant particles (e.g. ZnS:Ag) embedded in a matrix material containing isotopes with high neutron cross sections that emit energetic charged particles (e.g. 6Li) are a popular method for neutron detection in a variety of applications. The s...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Stephan AC,Dai S,Wallace SA,Miller LF

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:In 2011, national diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) were proposed for pain management fluoroscopic procedures in Belgium. The primary goal of this work is to compare the dose area product values (DAP) recorded at the Saint-Luc University Hospital to these DRLs. From 2012 to 2015, 7664 interventional pain management p...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hustinx N,Steyaert A,le Polain de Waroux B,Forget P

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve a radiological protection system, the lower bound of optimisation was discussed using a newly proposed background-cancer-risk-based approach. This approach provides a new finding that the standard deviation of the background cancer risk in Japan is 7.4 × 10(-5) y(-1). If this risk level corresponding to 1σ ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hattori T

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive study using stable isotopes of molybdenum as tracers was undertaken to investigate intestinal uptake, systemic kinetics and urinary excretion of molybdenum in healthy human volunteers. In total 63 experiments with 17 volunteers were performed administering the tracers in different chemical forms and measu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Giussani A,Cantone MC,Höllriegl V,Oeh U,Tavola F,Veronese I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the outdoor gamma absorbed dose levels in air of the Adana's region. The measurements were taken from 130 different sample points in this area by Eberline Smart Portable (ESP-2) with SPA-6 plastic scintillation detector. The outdoor gamma absorbed dose rates order from 40 to 145 nGy h(-1). Average ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Degerlier M,Ozger G

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various methodologies that aim at an analytic representation of the dielectric response function (DRF) of liquid water with emphasis on the Bethe ridge region are compared. The use of optical data is a common feature to all models presented providing an empirical ground for modelling the valence energy losses where ma...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Emfietzoglou D,Nikjoo H,Pathak A

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:The manipulation of a wide variety of unsealed sources in Nuclear Medicine results in a significant risk of internal exposure of the workers. 131I should be highlighted among the most frequently used radionuclides because of its large application for diagnosis and therapy of thyroid diseases. The increasing use of rad...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lucena EA,Rebelo AM,Araújo F,Sousa WO,Dantas AL,Dantas BM,Corbo R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article summarizes the most recent results from the cohorts of uranium miners, particularly the risks at low exposures and the risk models with modifying effects of exposure rate, age and time since exposure, which are used for the calculation of lifetime risks (LRs). The excess relative risks per unit exposure (E...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tomasek L

更新日期：2020-11-27 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