The use of a figure-of-merit (FOM) for optimisation in digital mammography: a literature review.

abstract：:The objective of this work is to obtain fluence to effective dose conversion coefficients for neutron point sources, using the GEANT4 toolkit. These calculations aim to investigate the aspects of neutron transport in the human body through Monte Carlo simulation using the International Commission on Radiological Prote...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ribeiro RM,Souza-Santos D

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the finding of a study undertaken to determine natural radioactivity and associated hazards in local types of cement in Iran. A total of 42 samples were collected from various manufacturers and suppliers and analysed using a shielded HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer. The specific activities of 232Th, 22...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fathivand AA,Amidi J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic carbon ion beams produce a complex and variable radiation field that changes along the penetration depth due to the high density of energy loss along the particle track together with the secondary particles produced by nuclear fragmentation reactions. An accurate physical characterisation of such complex m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chiriotti S,Conte V,Colautti P,Selva A,Mairani A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study is presented of the thermoluminescence (TL) of phosphors based on potassium halides doped with divalent lead, such as KCl:Pb2+, KBr:Pb2+ and the crystalline series KCl(1-X)Br(X):Pb2+. The defects in the crystals generated by irradiation have been investigated as well as the trapping and room temperature recomb...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cruz-Zaragoza E,Meléndrez R,Chernov V,Barboza-Flores M,Piters TM,Hernández JA,Murrieta HS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The project 'Radiological Analysis of Environmental Samples in the Gulf of Mexico and the coast of Quintana Roo', had the aim of identifying and quantifying anthropogenic radionuclides in environmental samples consisting of silt, sand and sea water. This paper presents the results of the radiological analysis of these...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Salas Mar B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the mean glandular dose (MGD) and the compressed breast thickness (CBT) is commonly used for the presentation of mammographic dose survey results and could also be useful for the assessment of individual breast doses retrospectively in case of lack of necessary dosimetric instrumentation. The ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bor D,Tukel S,Olgar T,Toklu T,Aydin E,Akyol O

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The material for this study comprised control protocols from 248 mammography screening facilities, prepared by physicists employed at 16 Regional Coordinating Centres and the results from the clinical evaluation of mammographic images in 248 facilities in Poland. All mammograms were evaluated independently by three ex...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fabiszewska E,Grabska I,Jankowska K,Wesolowska E,Bulski W

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：: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：:A secondary standard for ambient dose equivalent, H*(10), is necessary for the dissemination of the unit Sievert (Sv), but there is no such standard commercially available currently. Furthermore, the measurement of H*(10) instead of calculating H*(10) from air kerma and conversion coefficients is needed for unknown ra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bairlein K,Behnke B,Hupe O

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Luminescence and optical features of chemical vapour deposition (CVD) diamond have been studied in view of the potential application of this material in ionising radiation dosimetry field. For this purpose, thermally stimulated luminescence (TSL) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) techniques have been used. A...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Benabdesselam M,Iacconi P,Trinkler L,Berzina B,Butler JE

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rigorous characterisation of the behaviour of a radiobase antenna for wireless communication systems is a hot topic both for antenna or communication system design and for radioprotection-hazard reasons. Such a characterisation deserves a numerical solution, and the use of a finite-difference time-domain (FD-TD) a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Catarinucci L,Palazzari P,Tarricone L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple hemispherical phantom has been designed and prepared for the EURADOS intercomparison exercise on (241)Am activity determination in the skull (2011-13). The phantom consists of three parts that substitute bone and soft tissues. (241)Am is deposited on the surfaces of the bone-substituting part. The design and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vrba T,Malátová I,Fojtík P,Fülöp M,Ragan P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anthropomorphic phantoms are used in nuclear medicine for imaging quality control, calibration of gamma spectrometry system for the study of internal contamination with radionuclides and for internal dosimetric studies. These are constructed of materials that have radiation attenuation coefficients similar to those of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hermosilla A,Díaz Londoño G,García M,Ruíz F,Andrade P,Pérez A

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of a study dealing with detection of neutrons in thermoluminescent (TL) photon radiation detectors, type TLD-500, based on an anion-defective corundum have been reported. The detection method uses the transformation of neutron radiation into gamma radiation arising when neutrons are captured by cadmium nuc...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Nikiforov SV,Kortov VS,Milman II

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the development of the CT scanner in the early 1970s, CT scanner technology has continuously developed through technical advancement, faster computer processing, superior detectors and helical and multi-detector scanning modes. As a result, the scope of clinical examinations has broadened considerably, and in pa...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Edyvean S

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:It has been reported recently that the A-bomb gamma ray spectra received by the colon of the average Japanese survivor of Hiroshima and Nagasaki may be experimentally simulated using a hospital-based Philips SL15 linear accelerator. The simulated A-bomb gamma radiation may be used in radiobiology experiments to determ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pattison JE,Payne LC,Hugtenburg RP,Beddoe AH,Charles MW

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：:In this work, the MCNP4B code has been employed to calculate conversion coefficients from air kerma to the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10)/Ka, for monoenergetic photon energies from 10 keV to 50 MeV, assuming the kerma approximation. Also estimated are the H*(10)/Ka for photon beams produced by linear accelerators, su...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lima MA,Silva AX,Crispim VR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample is provided of the radiological safety issues particular to low energy proton accelerators. 'Low' energy in this context is taken to mean proton energies of less than about 1 GeV. Many of the radiation issues are common to all particle accelerators. Here, those issues are addressed that may require perhaps no...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Moritz LE

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Design principles for sub-slab depressurisation systems recently used in the Czech Republic for remediating existing buildings are described. Results of an efficiency analysis performed on the basis of data from >60 single-family houses are presented. It was found out that the efficiency varies between 70 and 98 %, wh...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jiránek M

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the shielding effect of radiologists' eye lens with lead glasses of different equivalent thicknesses and sizes in interventional radiology procedures. Using the human voxel phantom with a more accurate model of the eye and MCNPX software, eye lens doses of the radiologists who wearing different kinds of lead ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hu P,Kong Y,Chen B,Liu Q,Zhuo W,Liu H

更新日期：2017-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of large-geometry Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor (MOSFET) devices has been assessed for both active and passive neutron dosimetry and use in radiotherapy environments. Neutron sensitivity has been enhanced with the use of polymeric cement surrounding the gate region. Neutron activati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Price RA,Benson C,Joyce MJ,Kestell DJ,Silvie J

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A Japanese adult male voxel (volume pixel) phantom (hereinafter referred to as the JM phantom) was constructed on the basis of CT images of a healthy Japanese adult male volunteer. Body characteristics of the JM phantom were compared with those of a voxelised MIRD5 type phantom and a Japanese adult male voxel phantom ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

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

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The observation of anomalies in the radon concentration in soil gas and ground water before earthquakes initiated systematic investigations on earthquake precursor phenomena. The question what is needed for a meaningful earthquake prediction as well as what types of precursory effects can be expected is shortly discus...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Friedmann H

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There have been few studies on the secondary cancer after radiation treatment in Chinese hospitals. This study has measured out-of-field absorbed organ doses from intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) radiotherapy for esophageal cancer in a Chinese hospital and evaluated the risks of secondary cancer. The dose ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Qi Y,He L,Wang Z,Liu Y,Liu H,Huo W,Xu XG,Chen Z

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an explosion of a radiological dispersal device, decision-makers need to implement countermeasures as soon as possible to minimise the radiation-induced risks to the population. In this work, the authors present a tool, which can help providing information about the approximate size of source term and radioactiv...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Urso L,Kaiser JC,Woda C,Helebrant J,Hulka J,Kuca P,Prouza Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A project to construct the Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex (KOMAC) is currently underway targeting a high-intensity proton beam with an average current of 4.8 mA. As for the first stage of construction, a 20 MeV linac is planned to be built by 2007 and additional DTL sections will be added to increase the prot...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cho YS,Lee YO,Chang J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new French radiation protection legislation requires the definition of the zoning of accelerator facilities with respect to radioactive waste. This activation inside the ESRF 6 GeV storage ring is essentially due to photonuclear reactions. This paper describes the first results of Monte Carlo calculations that wer...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Berkvens P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00