Protection from radon exposure at home and at work in the directive 2013/59/Euratom.

abstract：:Within the framework of a joint research project on natural radiation exposure and its health effects in Cameroon from 2014 to 2017, the Institute of Geological and Mining Research and the Hirosaki University worked together to carry out natural radiation survey in mining and ore bearing regions of Cameroon. Air kerma...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tokonami S,Hosoda M,Joseph Emmanuel NNI,Akata N,Flore TSY,Modibo OB,Samuel BG,Didier TSS

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes the dosimetry of a two waveguide cell system designed to expose newborn mice to electromagnetic fields associated with wireless fidelity signals in the frequency band of 2.45 GHz. The dosimetric characterisation of the exposure system was performed both numerically and experimentally. Specific meas...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pinto R,Lopresto V,Galloni P,Marino C,Mancini S,Lodato R,Pioli C,Lovisolo GA

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, teletherapy machines of cobalt and caesium are being replaced by linear accelerators. The maximum photon energy in these machines can vary from 4 to 25 MeV, and one of the great advantages of these equipments is that they do not have a radioactive source incorporated. High-energy (E > 10 MV) medical linear ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Falcão RC,Facure A,Silva AX

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experimental data on DNA double strand break (DSB) induction in human fibroblasts (AG1522), following irradiation with several radiation qualities, namely gamma rays, 0.84 MeV protons, 58.9 MeV u(-1) carbon ions, iron ions of 115 MeV u(-1), 414 MeV u(-1), 1 GeV u(-1), and 5 GeV u(-1), are presented. DSB yields were me...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Esposito G,Belli M,Campa A,Cherubini R,Cuttone G,Dini V,Furusawa Y,Gerardi S,Simone G,Sorrentino E,Tabocchini MA

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:European Radiation Dosimetry Group e.V. (EURADOS) survey on individual monitoring data and dose assessment has been carried out for 550 foreigners returning home after being exposed in Japan to intakes of radionuclides (mainly (131)I, (132)I, (132)Te, (134)Cs and (137)Cs) as a consequence of the Fukushima Daiichi NPP ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lopez MA,Fojtik P,Franck D,Osko J,Gerstmann U,Scholl C,Lebacq AL,Breustedt B,Del Risco Norrlid L

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the operation of research facilities at Research Centre Jülich, Germany, nuclear waste is stored in drums and other vessels in an interim storage building on-site, which has a concrete shielding at the side walls. Owing to the lack of a well-defined source, measured gamma spectra were unfolded to determine the ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Heuel-Fabianek B,Hille R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improvement in the clinical results obtained using total body irradiation (TBI) with photon beams requires precise TBI treatment planning, reproducible irradiation, precise in vivo dosimetry, accurate documentation and careful evaluation. In vivo dosimetry using LiF Harshaw TLD-100 chips was used during the TBI tre...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Palkosková P,Hlavata H,Dvorák P,Novotný J,Novotný J Jr

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 radon content in groundwater sources depends on the radium concentration in the rock of the aquifer. Radon was measured in water in many parts of the world, mostly for the risk assessment due to consumption of drinking water. The exposure to radon through drinking water is largely by inhalation and ingestion. Airb...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bourai AA,Gusain GS,Rautela BS,Joshi V,Prasad G,Ramola RC

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human behaviour is primarily driven by perceptions and this is particularly important in the aftermath of a nuclear accident. One of the main lessons we can draw from the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents is that once the acute phase of the accident is over, it is important to engage in dialogue with the affected popu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vanmarcke H

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil gas radon measurements are carried out in a pilot study in three municipalities in Upper Austria. The selected municipalities are characterised by a high radon potential. Sixty measuring sites--well distributed over the region and over the different geological areas--were selected. Additionally, the permeability ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Seidel C,Baumgartner A,Ringer W,Gräser J,Friedmann H,Kaineder H,Maringer FJ

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The neutron dose equivalent in aircraft is measured using commercial bubble detectors, but at high altitudes there are not only neutrons but also protons. Bubble detectors have been used because they are considered not to be sensitive to protons, but this has been the subject of only a few studies. In this study, by i...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Takada M,Kitamura H,Koi T,Nakamura T,Fujitaka K

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the objectives and reviews the progress of EULEP Working Party 5, convened under the auspices of the European Union's Fifth Framework Programme, to 'cluster' two EU-supported contracts, Biokinetics and Dosimetry of Internal Contamination (BIODOS (EU Contract FIS5-1999-00214)) and Radionuclide Biok...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Taylor DM,Stradling GN,Ménétrier F

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the Northern Illinois University Institute for Neutron Therapy at Fermilab, the clinical tissue-equivalent ionisation chamber response is measured every treatment day using a cesium source that was configured to match readings obtained at the National Bureau of Standards. Daily measurements are performed in air usi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kroc TK,Lennox AJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The USA must be prepared to provide a prompt, coordinated and integrated response for radiation dose and injury assessment for suspected radiation exposure, whether it involves isolated cases or mass casualties. Dose estimation for radiation accidents typically necessitates a multiple parameter diagnostics approach th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dainiak N,Albanese J,Kaushik M,Balajee AS,Romanyukha A,Sharp TJ,Blakely WF

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The substantive safety of radiological and other medical procedures can be radically reduced by unconscious factors governing scientific thought. In addition, the historical exclusion of women from these disciplines has possibly skewed their development in directions that now need to be addressed. This paper focuses o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Condren M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article report the measurements on-board a small aircraft at the same altitude and around the same geographic coordinates. The measurements of Ambient Dose Equivalent Rate (H*(10)) were performed in several positions inside the aircraft, close and far from the pilot location and the discrimination between neutron...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prado ACM,Pazianotto MT,Gonçalez OL,Dos Santos LR,Caldeira AD,Pereira HHC,Hubert G,Federico CA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate radiation doses in cerebral perfusion computed tomography (CT) examination. As a part of routine patient monitoring, data were collected on patients in terms of the skin dose and CT dose index (CTDIvol) and dose-length product (DLP) values. For the estimation of the dose to...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Arandjic D,Bonutti F,Biasizzo E,Ciraj-Bjelac O,Floreani M,Giustizieri M,Iaiza F,Inkoom S,Tommasini G,Padovani R

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:A new passive integral dosemeter for gamma ray monitoring is being developed using an imaging plate (IP). In the application of IPs to dosimetry, a fading effect causes serious problems. The fading is considered to be caused by the recombination or holes and charges trapped shallowly in the F centres, which have sever...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ohuchi H,Yamadera A,Baba M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1993, ICRP-65 recommended that dose conversion of radon exposure should be based on the comparison of detriments between radon exposure and effective dose. The lifetime detriment from the radon exposure was projected according to the epidemiological studies of uranium miners then available. The projection model (GS...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tomasek L,Rogel A,Laurier D,Tirmarche M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New imaging technologies utilising X rays and radiopharmaceuticals are continuously under development. The benefit of computed tomography (CT) has been so dramatic that there is a tendency to overuse it and not to place enough efforts into optimisation of the technique. It is also now more and more common to combine t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mattsson S,Söderberg M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of magnesium sulphate phosphors MgSO4:RE3+,X ( RE = Dy, Tm, Eu and X = P, Mn) have been prepared and studied. Based on the experimental results of thermoluminescence (TL) emission spectra and dose responses studies, it is proposed that in these phosphors large defect complexes are formed, which include intrin...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Luo DL,Tang Q,Zhang CX

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of children to ionising radiation is considered to carry higher risk than that of adults; therefore a need to suggest diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for the common paediatric diagnostic X-ray procedures was recognised for the X-ray machines meeting the requirements of the recently implemented Safety Code ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sonawane AU,Sunil Kumar JV,Singh M,Pradhan AS

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to review the literature on existing diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in digital mammography and methodologies for establishing them. To this end, a systematic search through Medline, Cinahl, Web of Science, Scopus and Google scholar was conducted using search terms extracted from three terms: DRLs, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Suleiman ME,Brennan PC,McEntee MF

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A thermoluminescence (TL) study relevant to radiation dosimetry has been carried out for X-ray irradiated biotite mineral under un-annealed and different annealed (473, 573, 673 and 773 K) conditions. Some significant variations in dosimetric characteristics have been observed with annealing treatment. Due to generati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kalita JM,Wary G

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous indoor radon, radon-thoron progeny and high-resolution in situ gamma spectrometry measurements, with portable high-purity Ge detector were performed in 26 dwellings of Thessaloniki, the second largest town of Greece, during March 2003-January 2005. The radon gas was measured with an AlphaGUARD ionisation ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Clouvas A,Xanthos S,Antonopoulos-Domis M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：: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