Radon in private drinking water wells.

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 an efficient algorithm for estimating the unknown emission rate of radionuclides in the atmosphere following a nuclear accident. The algorithm is based on assimilation of gamma dose rate measured data in a Lagrangian atmospheric dispersion model. Such models are used in the framework of nuclear eme...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tsiouri V,Kovalets I,Andronopoulos S,Bartzis JG

更新日期：2012-01-01 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 use of geometrical phantoms for computed tomography (CT) dosimetry can incur errors in the calculation of effective dose due to the anatomically incorrect organ shapes and distributions, and unrepresentative body dimensions. A Monte Carlo program that makes use of an anatomically correct voxel phantom has been dev...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Castellano IA,Dance DR,Evans PM

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Study of Occupational Radiation Exposure (ESOREX) project was initiated by the general directive EC DG XI and carried out by the Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Germany (BfS). It consists of surveys carried out in the 28 European states. The study provides comparable descriptions of the national administrat...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Frasch G,Anatschkowa E,Kragh P

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of sample preparation on dentin electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra was investigated. The analysis was performed on dentin samples prepared by pure mechanical treatment or by an alkaline deproteination method. It was observed that (1) mechanical treatment induces both stable and transient signals,...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fattibene P,Carosi A,De Coste V,Onori S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An assessment of multiple biomarkers from radiation casualties undergoing limited- or full-supportive care including treatment with filgrastim is critical to develop rapid and effective diagnostic triage strategies. The efficacy of filgrastim with full-supportive care was compared with results with limited-supportive ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ossetrova NI,Blakely WF,Nagy V,McGann C,Ney PH,Christensen CL,Koch AL,Gulani J,Sigal GB,Glezer EN,Hieber KP

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2012, the International Commission on Radiological Protection issued a recommendation for a reduced annual eye-lens dose limit in the face of mounting evidence of the risk of cataract induction. This led to worldwide research efforts in various areas including the dose simulation in realistic eye-models, the produc...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dubeau J,Sun J

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to review the reasonable measures that should be implemented as part of a routine practice in the process of managing CT radiation risks in a typical average radiology department. Based on 6 y of experience in the management of a general radiology department and the newly implemented suppo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kirova G,Georgiev E,Zasheva C,St Georges A

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current focus on networking and mutual assistance in the management of radiation accidents or incidents has demonstrated the importance of a joined-up approach in physical and biological dosimetry. To this end, the European Radiation Dosimetry Working Group 10 on 'Retrospective Dosimetry' has been set up by indivi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ainsbury EA,Bakhanova E,Barquinero JF,Brai M,Chumak V,Correcher V,Darroudi F,Fattibene P,Gruel G,Guclu I,Horn S,Jaworska A,Kulka U,Lindholm C,Lloyd D,Longo A,Marrale M,Monteiro Gil O,Oestreicher U,Pajic J,Rakic B

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work aims to assess the effective doses from long-term continual radon monitoring in six European caves (Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic), including influencing environmental factors. Caves are important radiation protection subjects because of elevated radon activity concentration (~kBq/m3), mos...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ambrosino F,Thinová L,Briestenský M,Sabbarese C

更新日期：2020-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Although numerous models have been developed for occupational and medical internal dosimetry, they may not be applicable to an accident situation. Published dose coefficients relate effective dose to intake, but if acute deterministic effects are possible, effective dose is not a useful parameter. Consequently, dose r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Toohey RE

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In most countries of European Union, legislation requires the determination of the total skin dose received by patients during interventional procedures in order to prevent deterministic damages. Various dose indicators like dose-area product (DAP), cumulative dose (CD) and entrance dose at the patient plane (EFD) are...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Domienik J,Papierz S,Jankowski J,Peruga JZ,Werduch A,Religa W

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The purpose of this work is to compare different methods for shielding calculation in computed tomography (CT). The BIR-IPEM (British Institute of Radiology and Institute of Physics in Engineering in Medicine) and NCRP (National Council on Radiation Protection) method were used for shielding thickness calculation. Sca...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ciraj-Bjelac O,Arandjic D,Kosutic D

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HTR method, developed for determination of absorbed dose and average LET of mixed radiation fields in space, was applied during several space missions on space station MIR, space shuttles and satellites. The method utilises the changes of peak height ratios in the glow curves in dependence on the linear energy tra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vana N,Schoner W,Noll M,Fugger M,Akatov Y,Shurshakov V

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine monitoring is the preferred method to determine exposure to soluble compounds of uranium in workplaces. The interpretation of uranium contents in workers bioassay samples requires knowledge on uranium excretion and its dependence on intake by diet. Exceptionally high concentrations of natural uranium in private ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Muikku M,Heikkinen T,Puhakainen M,Rahola T,Salonen L

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study is to make a comparison of daily 238U excretion in urine among 115 active uranium miners and its modeled values obtained from inhalation intake of long-lived alpha emitters as measured by personal dosemeters and assessed by biokinetic models for different absorption parameters settings for inhaled...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kotík L,Becková V,Malátová I,Tomasek L

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The connection between recorded volumetric CT dose index (CTDI vol) and determined mean fetal dose (Df) was examined from metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor dose measurements on an anthropomorphic female phantom in four stages of pregnancy in a 64-slice CT scanner. Automated tube current modulation kept...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kelaranta A,Kaasalainen T,Seuri R,Toroi P,Kortesniemi M

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Absorbed fraction (AF) and specific absorbed fraction (SAF) are crucial values for the calculation of radionuclide S-values and consequently for internal dose estimates. The formalism of the Medical Internal Radiation Dose (MIRD) committee of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has been utilised as a standard in the...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee C,Park S,Lee JK

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:During atmospheric thermal inversions, dew and hoarfrost concentrate gamma emitting radionuclides of the short-lived (222)Rn progeny ((214)Pb and (214)Bi), causing an increase in the total natural gamma background from the ground. To highlight this phenomenon, a volcanic zone of high (222)Rn flux was studied during th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Voltaggio M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of Liulin-type spectrometry-dosimetry instruments (LSDIs) is cosmic radiation monitoring at the workplaces. An LSDI functionally is a low mass, low power consumption or battery-operated dosemeter. LSDIs were calibrated in a wide range of radiation fields, including radiation sources, proton and heavy-...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dachev Ts,Dimitrov P,Tomov B,Matviichuk Y,Spurny F,Ploc O,Brabcova K,Jadrnickova I

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of air samples may be used to assess risks of internal exposures, either by the use of workplace static air samplers (SAS) or personal air samplers (PAS). These measurements need to incorporate information on the physical and chemical nature of the aerosol, and the relationship between the sampled and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Roberts GA,Bull RK

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：:In recent years, international organisations involved in radiation protection and public health have produced new guidance, recommendations and requirements aiming better protection from radon exposure. These organisations have often worked in close collaboration in order to facilitate the establishment of harmonised ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bochicchio F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high-energy programme of the HINDAS European project has provided a large amount of experimental data and led to a better understanding of the spallation reaction mechanism and the development of more reliable spallation models. These data, or the new models, which have been implemented into high-energy transport ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Leray S,Boudard A,David JC,Donadille L,Villagrasa C,Volant C

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has a mandate to assist member states in areas of human health and particularly in the use of radiation for diagnosis and treatment. Clinical audit is seen as an essential tool to assist in assuring the quality of radiation medicine, particularly in the instance of multidi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Faulkner K,Järvinen H,Butler P,McLean ID,Pentecost M,Rickard M,Abdullah B

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preparation of a large European epidemiological study on the relation between eye lens dose and the occurrence of lens opacities, the European ELDO project focused on the development of practical methods to estimate retrospectively cumulative eye lens dose for interventional medical professionals exposed to radiati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Farah J,Struelens L,Auvinen A,Jacob S,Koukorava C,Schnelzer M,Vanhavere F,Clairand I

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00