Indoor radon measurements in the dwellings of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh, India.

abstract：:Recently, NASA established a consortium involving the University of Tennessee (lead institution), the University of Houston, Roanoke College and various government and national laboratories, to accelerate the development of a standard set of radiation transport computer codes for NASA human exploration applications. T...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Townsend LW

更新日期：2005-01-01 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

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：:The current estimations of risk associated with medical imaging procedures rely on assessing the organ dose via direct measurements or simulation. The dose to each organ is assumed to be homogeneous. To take into account the differences in radiation sensitivities, the mean organ doses are weighted by a corresponding t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Samei E,Li X,Chen B,Reiman R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The newsletter 'European Research in Radiological Sciences' is jointly published by the European Late Effects Project Group and the European Radiation Dosimetry Group to disseminate information about research projects and activities carried out under the EURATOM Framework Programme. Since May 2003, the Newsletter is o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pihet P,d'Errico F,Dörr W,Gruenberger M,Schofield P

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the operation of high-energy accelerators, the interaction of radiation with matter can lead to the activation of the machine components and of the surrounding infrastructures. As a result of maintenance operation and during decommissioning of the installation, considerable amounts of radioactive waste are evac...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ulrici L,Magistris M

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The EC (European Council) Directive on radiation protection of patients requires that criteria for acceptability of equipment in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy be established throughout the member states. This study reviews the background to this requirement and to its implementation in practi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Malone J,Baldelli P,Balter S,Bischof N,Bosmans H,Dowling A,Edyvean S,Gallagher A,Faulkner K,Horner K,Malone L,Mclean ID,O'Connor U,Schreiner A,Vassileva J,Vano E,Zoetelief J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the results obtained for thoron concentration in 50 single-family dwellings in normal occupancy conditions (open house conditions), measured by a passive electret system (type E-PERM, SSTB configuration) in a 2001-2002 monitoring survey in the Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City. The results show the ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Martinez T,Navarrete M,Gonzalez P,Ramírez A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioiodine therapy is often the method of choice for treatment of hyperthyroidism because it is considered safe, is relatively inexpensive, and is convenient for the patient and except for occasional hypothyroidism, almost without side effects. Even though radioiodine treatment has been performed for over 50 years, t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jönsson H,Mattsson S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of the world's population relies on surface water or large public supply systems of groundwater, where radon is low and a guidance value for radon in drinking water is not necessary. However, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recently issued a dose coefficient for radon ingest...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen J

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A secondary standard ionisation chamber for photon radiation for measuring an ionisation current, which is directly proportional to the conventionally true value of the ambient dose equivalent, H*(10), was optimised. The chamber was developed in the Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf and is used successfully worldw...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ankerhold U

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of Monte Carlo track structure is a choice method in biophysical modelling and calculations. To precisely model 3D and 4D tracks, the cross section for the ionisation by an incoming ion, double differential in the outgoing electron energy and angle, is required. However, the double differential cross section c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： MacGibbon JH,Emerson S,Liamsuwan T,Nikjoo H

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two phantoms for a performance evaluation of cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) were developed and their efficiency was tested. The first phantom, for low-contrast resolution, consisted of an acrylic circular plate with three 0.5-1.0 mm diameter rods. These rods enable the user to visually evaluate the limit of obse...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bamba J,Ishida H,Araki K

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Occupational and general public exposure due to very high frequency (VHF)/ultra high frequency (UHF) transmission centres for verbal communication for air traffic control is investigated in situ for the first time. These systems are used for communication with aircraft, resulting in different human exposure from that ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Joseph W,Goeminne F,Verloock L,Vermeeren G,Martens L

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate the absorbed dose in normal organs and inflamed tissue following i.v. administration of [201Tl](III)-DTPA-HIgG by using biodistribution data in inflamation bearing rats was attempted. The percentages of injected dose per gram of each organ were calculated. The medical internal radiation dose formulation was...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Khorrami Moghaddam A,Reza Jalilian A,Hayati V,Shanehsazzadeh S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An automatic measuring apparatus called exhalometer for measurement of the radon exhalation rate from soil is introduced. It consists of a pneumatic driven accumulation chamber with an open bottom, a PC-based control system, six Lucas cells for radon measurement and sensors for environmental parameters. It allows movi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yang J,Buchsteiner M,Salvamoser J,Irlinger J,Guo Q,Tschiersch J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), also known as digital volumetric tomography was developed in the late 1990s and is now increasingly available in clinical practice. It can provide high resolution cross-sectional images of teeth and the maxillofacial region with applications in all branches of dentistry. As...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Horner K,Jacobs R,Schulze R

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:Naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM) wastes with different radiological characteristics are generated in several industries. The appropriate options for NORM waste management including disposal options should be discussed and established based on the act and regulation guidelines. Several studies calculate...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jeong J,Ko NY,Cho DK,Baik MH,Yoon KH

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accident dosimetry aims to evaluate the unplanned radiation doses delivered to individuals through one of the objects exist in the area of the accident. The gamma dose response of free radicals generated in irradiated aspartame tablets and its usability for emergency dosimetry was studied. EPR spectra of unirradiated ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Maghraby A,Salama E

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to develop an Automatic Brain Dose Estimation (ABDE) methodology for head computed tomography examinations. The ABDE is to be applied first to an anthropomorphic Alderson phantom to obtain a Correction factor (Cf) between the ABDE and the direct absorbed brain dose using dosemeters positioned within th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gharbi S,Labidi S,Mars M

更新日期：2020-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper summarises the evaluation of the 1997 EURADOS questionnaire on dosimetric systems able to assess personal dose equivalent. In total, 56 approved dosimetric services in the European Union and Switzerland responded, together monitoring approximately 615,000 occupationally exposed persons. Of these services, 4...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： van Dijk JW,Bordy JM,Vanhavere F,Wernli C,Zamani-Valasiadou M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Malaysia technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) wastes are mainly the product of the oil and gas industry and mineral processing. Among these TENORM wastes are tin tailing, tin slag, gypsum and oil sludge. Mineral processing and oil and gas industries produce large volume of TEN...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ismail B,Teng IL,Muhammad Samudi Y

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring of occupationally exposed persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina started in 1960s and it was interrupted in 1992. Dosimetry service resumed in 1999 when the International Atomic Energy Agency provided Harshaw 4500 TLD-reader and the first set of TLDs for the Radiation Protection Centre (RPC) of the Institute of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Basić B,Beganović A,Samek D,Skopljak-Beganović A,Gazdić-Santić M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stringent standards of hygiene must be applied in medical institutions, especially at operating blocks or during interventional radiology procedures. Medical equipment, including personal dosemeters that have to be worn by medical staff during such procedures, needs therefore to be sterilised. In this study, the effec...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kopeć R,Bubak A,Budzanowski M,Sas-Bieniarz A,Szumska A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:238U, 234U and 235U were determined in tap water from municipal water pipes that drew their supply from surface water or ground water in various locations in Poland. Average activity concentrations of 238U, 234U and 235U in tap water from surface water were 9.6 +/- 7.1, 12.8 +/- 9.7 and 0.41 +/- 0.31 Bq m(-3), respect...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pietrzak-Flis Z,Kaminska I,Chrzanowski E

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present paper, we report the indigenous development of a neutron-sensitive thermoluminescent dosemeter (TLD) based on CaSO4:Dy Teflon TL disc. The study includes indigenous development of a neutron dosemeter and its response in terms of operational quantity to different energies of neutrons under various irradi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bakshi AK,Pradhan AS,Kher RK,Srivastava K,Varadharajan G,Chatterjee S,Sathian V

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new official albedo dosemeter based on thermoluminescent detectors has been introduced in 2015 by the individual monitoring service of the Helmholtz Zentrum München for monitoring persons who are exposed occupationally against photon and neutron radiation. To enhance the sensitivity for fast neutrons, a new badge wi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Haninger T,Henniger J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation of exposure to extremely low-frequency (ELF) magnetic fields using broadband measurement techniques gives satisfactory results when the field has essentially a single frequency. Nevertheless, magnetic fields are in most cases distorted by harmonic components. This work analyses the harmonic components o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Paniagua JM,Rufo M,Jiménez A,Pachón FT,Carrero J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00