Establishment of local diagnostic reference levels in paediatric screen-film radiography at a children's hospital.

abstract：:The model and development is described of a new generation of Monte Carlo track structure codes. The code LEPHIST simulates full slowing down of low-energy proton history tracks in the range 1 keV-1 MeV and the code LEAHIST simulates low-energy alpha particle history tracks in the range 1 keV-8 MeV in water. All prima...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Uehara S,Nikjoo H

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 natural radionuclide contents of some concrete building blocks randomly sampled in the city of Ibadan have been determined using NaI(Tl) gamma ray spectrometry. The radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th and 40K were determined with city mean specific activities 47 +/- 21 Bq.kg-1, 52 +/- 21 Bq.kg-1, and 352 +/- 222 Bq.kg-1, r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Farai IP,Ademola JA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An international programme of work is currently under way to develop methods for calculating doses to infants from ingestion of radionuclides present in mothers' milk. This paper considers the special case of the alkaline earth elements. Models have been developed for 45Ca, 90Sr and 226Ra and the sensitivity of result...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Smith TJ,Phipps AW,Fell TP,Harrison JD

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protons are the dominant particles both in galactic cosmic rays and in solar particle events and, furthermore, proton irradiation becomes increasingly used in tumour treatment. It is believed that complex DNA damage is the determining factor for the consequent cellular response to radiation. DNA plasmid pBR322 was irr...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pachnerová Brabcová K,Štěpán V,Karamitros M,Karabín M,Dostálek P,Incerti S,Davídková M,Sihver L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safe use of ionising radiation for applications in medicine, electric power production and industrial processes requires accurate measurements that are traceable to national standards. Radiological calibration laboratories provide measurements that may be used to determine the calibration coefficients for personal...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： McDonald JC

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of LiF:Mg,Ti thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) according to the high-temperature ratio (HTR) method enables the determination of the dose-average linear energy transfer (LET), the mean quality factor and the dose equivalent in mixed radiation fields of unknown composition. The neutron contribution is ass...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hajek M,Berger T,Vana N

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：: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：:Natural radiation is the largest contributor to the collective radiation dose of the world population. It is widely distributed in different geological formations such as soil, rocks, air and groundwater. In the present investigation, (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K were measured in soil samples of the Ukhimath region of G...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rautela BS,Yadav M,Bourai AA,Joshi V,Gusain GS,Ramola RC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Building materials contain natural radionuclides (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K, which cause direct radiation exposure of the public. The concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in commonly used building materials of Urumqi, China have been analysed using gamma-ray spectrometry. The concentrations of (226)Ra, (40)K a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ding X,Lu X,Zhao C,Yang G,Li N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:International standards for radiation protection dosemeters are published by the International Electrotechnical Commission and the International Organization for Standardization. Several standards exist side by side, although they treat the same measuring task, and specify different requirements, so that dosemeters of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Behrens R,Ambrosi P

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:On leaving the irradiated fuel bay at Pickering A nuclear power station, a worker triggered a whole body monitor alarm with activity in or on his head, and despite careful decontamination techniques he subsequently swallowed a hot particle. Over the next 3 d, the radioactivity was tracked through the body. It was then...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Whillans DW,Chase WJ,Wolodarsky WH

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:In this work, indoor radon radioactivity concentration levels have been measured in dwellings of Turkey within the frame of the National Radon Monitoring Programme. The (222)Rn concentrations were measured with time-integrating passive nuclear etched track detectors in 7293 dwellings in 153 residential units of 81 pro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Celebi N,Ataksor B,Taskın H,Bingoldag NA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Work is presented on the development of a retrospective/fortuitous accident dosimetry service using optically stimulated luminescence of resistors found in mobile phones to determine the doses of radiation to members of the public following a radiological accident or terrorist incident. The system is described and dis...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Smith RW,Eakins JS,Hager LG,Rothkamm K,Tanner RJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of a custom-made cylindrical graphite proportional counter (Cy-GPC) along with a cylindrical tissue equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) for neutron-gamma mixed-field dosimetry has been studied in the following steps: first, the consistency of the gamma dose measurement between the Cy-TEPC and the Cy-GPC was...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Forouzan F,Waker AJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to propose first established diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in computed tomography (CT) for adults, based on volume-averaged CTDI and dose length product (DLP) metrics in Yazd Province. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Six multislice CT scanners located at diverse areas of Yazd Province an...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zamani H,Masjedi H,Omidi R,Hosein Zare M

更新日期：2020-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the characterisation of radiation exposure of paediatric patients in computerised tomography (CT) procedures was performed for a Portuguese hospital. Dosimetric data and technical parameters used for CT examinations were retrieved, compiled and analysed over a period of 1 y. Five paediatric age groups w...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Neves A,Nunes A,Rufino M,Madeira P,Vaz P,Pascoal A

更新日期：2012-09-01 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

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：:At the low doses (and low dose rates) relevant to environmental and occupational radiation exposure (0-50 mSv), which are of practical concern for radiation protection, very few cells in the human organism experience more than one traversal by densely ionising particles in their lifetime, the intervals between the tra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gerardi S

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:The E. coli catabolite gene activator protein (CAP)-DNA complex with 125I located at the position of the H5 atom of the cytosine near the centre was incorporated into the PARTRAC track structure code. DNA strand breaks due to irradiation were calculated by track structure and radical attack simulations; strand breaks ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Li W,Friedland W,Jacob P,Paretzke HG,Panyutin I,Neumann RD

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wire patch cell (WPC) operating at the uplink frequency band of GSM 1800 MHz has been designed for in vitro experiments with the aim of investigating the possible biological effects of electromagnetic radiation associated with cellular phones. The 1800 MHz WPC design is a direct descendant of the original 900 MHz WP...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ardoino L,Lopresto V,Mancini S,Pinto R,Lovisolo GA

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a set of structures has been simulated to represent a range of clinically relevant breast cancer mammographic lesions including solid tumours and microcalcifications. All structures have been created using simple random-based mathematical functions and have been inserted into a subset of digital mammogra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ruschin M,Tingberg A,Båth M,Grahn A,Håkansson M,Hemdal B,Andersson I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Much attention has been devoted in the past to monitor changes of mobile lipid (ML) (1)H MRS signals in spectra of tumour cells. The purpose of this work is to exploit ML signals to provide information on cell metabolism after irradiation, comparing tumour cells characterised by different radiosensitivity and relating...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Grande S,Giovannini C,Luciani AM,Palma A,Rosi A,Sapora O,Viti V,Guidoni L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A programme of harmonization of individual dosimetry quality control organized in the framework of a distributed metrology system is presented as seen from the experiences gained in Slovenia. As a part of the programme intercomparison of dosimetry services was organized and basic characteristics of dosimetry systems c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Stuhec M,Zorko B,Vekić B,Miljanić S,Ban R,Basić B

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00