Shortening the culture time in cytogenetic dosimetry using PCC-R assay.

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：: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：:The reconstruction of radiation doses to Mayak Production Association workers in central Russia supports radiation epidemiological studies for the U.S.-Russian Joint Coordinating Committee on Radiation Effects Research. The most recent version of the dosimetry was performed with the Mayak Worker Dosimetry System-2013....

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Napier BA

更新日期：2017-11-01 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：: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 manipulation of a wide variety of unsealed sources in Nuclear Medicine results in a significant risk of internal exposure of the workers. 131I should be highlighted among the most frequently used radionuclides because of its large application for diagnosis and therapy of thyroid diseases. The increasing use of rad...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lucena EA,Rebelo AM,Araújo F,Sousa WO,Dantas AL,Dantas BM,Corbo R

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The design and dosimetry of a novel in vitro radon irradiation facility to investigate cytogenetic damage induced by radon and progeny is described. The system offers a 4pi geometry for uniform irradiation, proving a versatile and convenient facility for irradiation of whole blood cells in suspension or media. Doses c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hamza VZ,Kumar PR,Jeevanram RK,Santanam R,Danalaksmi B,Mohankumar MN

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Representative environmental samples (sandy soil, limestone, marble and gravels) collected from Wadi El Assuity, protective area, Assuit governorate in Upper Egypt have been investigated radiometrically using NaI (Tl) gamma-ray spectrometer. The specific activity of the radionuclides in Bq kg⁻¹ for soil ranged between...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： El-Taher A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A neutron spectrometry and dosimetry measurement system has been developed based on a different design of the divided regions for a sphere, with three position-sensitive counters. The characteristics of the measurement system have been investigated in the reference radiation fields of Am-Be and (252)Cf sources. When r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Li T,Yang L,Ma J,Fang D

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：: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：:To aid in protecting patients from unnecessary exposures and to reduce radiation burdens to the public, a system for tracking a patient's medical exposure history and related radiation doses would be a useful tool. A patient-centred exposure registry, the Patient Exposure Registry (PER), is a mechanism that provides t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen J,Moir D,Cornett J

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:In this paper the effect of treatment room and maze layout on the photoneutron and capture gamma dose equivalent in the maze was studied. MCNPX Monte Carlo (MC) code was used to simulate the Varian 2100 C/D Clinac 18 MV and four different room layouts. Two analytical methods, Wu-McGinley and McGinley, were used for do...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mesbahi A,Ghiasi H,Mahdavi SR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decommissioning of nuclear building structures usually leads to large amounts of low-level radioactive waste. Using a reliable method to determine the contamination depth, it is indispensable prior to the start of decontamination works and for minimising the radioactive waste volume and the total workload. This paper ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dolniak J,Lištjak M,Slaninka A,Nečas V

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The method of electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry using extracted teeth has been applied to human tooth enamel to obtain individual absorbed doses of residents of settlements in the vicinity of the central axis of radioactive fallout trace from the contaminating surface nuclear test on 7 August 1962. Most ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zhumadilov KS,Ivannikov AI,Stepanenko VF,Toyoda S,Skvortsov VG,Hoshi M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decades, many specialised networks have formed to meet specific radioecological objectives, whether regional or sectorial (purpose-oriented). Regional networks deal with an array of radioecological issues related to their territories. Examples include the South Pacific network of radioecologists, and t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bréchignac F,Alexakhin R,Bollhöfer A,Frogg KE,Hardeman F,Higley K,Hinton TG,Kapustka LA,Kuhne W,Leonard K,Masson O,Nanba K,Smith G,Smith K,Strand P,Vandenhove H,Yankovich T,Yoshida S

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate radiation doses to the patients and operators during interventional cardiology procedures, with a particular focus on the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Patient doses for 5549 diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and 76 TAVI were examined, as well as occupati...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Signorotto P,del Vecchio A,Montorfano M,Maisano F,Giagnorio M,Bellanca R,Colombo A,Calandrino R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lignite burning is one of the sources of technologically enhanced exposure to humans from natural radionuclides. In the preliminary study, part of the survey, the activity concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in 112 samples of feed lignites from seven lignite-fired power plants in Western Anatolia (Seyitömer, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cam NF,Yaprak G,Eren E

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent in situ hybridisation analysis of stable translocations was performed for 26 residents living along the Techa River (Russia), who were predominantly (95%) exposed to ingested strontium radioisotopes ((89)Sr and (90)Sr) resulting in exposure of their red bone marrow (RBM). Analysis was conducted at the Ural...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vozilova AV,Shagina NB,Degteva MO,Moquet J,Ainsbury EA,Darroudi F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation exposure during childhood is estimated to have a lifetime risk up to seven times greater than exposures at adult age. Therefore, paediatric patient dose monitoring is a major concern in radiology. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of a dose index, displayed at the digital imaging and communic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Garcia Castañon P,España Lopez ML,Fernandez Bedoya V,Bermudez Luna R,Rodriguez Martin G

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thailand is predominantly an agricultural country. The Northern Region occupies the second largest cultivated land area in the country. To establish baseline data for future environmental monitoring, seventy-nine plant samples including vegetables, fruits and tobaccos and their relevant soils were collected from the m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kritsananuwat R,Kranrod C,Chanyotha S,Ploykrathok T,Sriploy P

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An invited panel discussed with the participants of the Symposium their views on the impact of non-targeted effects on the relationship between microdosimetry and risk. The discussion was wide ranging and lively, with divergences of opinion. At one end was the view that understanding microscopic features and distribut...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Goodhead DT

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:UVA wavelengths (320-400 nm) have been implicated in recent studies to contribute to melanoma induction and skin photoaging in humans and damage to plants. The use of smartphones in UVA observations is a way to supplement measurements made by traditional radiometric and spectroradiometric technology. Although the smar...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Igoe D,Parisi AV

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：:Radon diffusion coefficient is a material parameter which is usually used in the radon mitigation measures design. There are different approaches used for radon diffusion coefficient measurement and assessment. The International comparison measurement which was jointly organised by National Radiation Protection Instit...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rovenska K,Jiránek M

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, radioactivity levels of 35 different samples of 11 commonly used building materials in Samsun were measured by using a gamma spectrometry system. The analysis carried out with the high purity Germanium gamma spectrometry system. Radioactivity concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K range from 6 to ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tufan MÇ,Disci T

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important factor in calculation of quantities describing the radiation situation is the selection of a calculation code. In this article, the radiation situation for selected geometries with multilayer shields was judged. Calculations were carried out using deterministic code VISIPLAN and stochastic code MCNP5. Int...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bednár D,Lištjak M,Slimák A,Nečas V

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:In the light of a growing awareness of the risks of inducing skin injuries as a consequence of fluoroscopically guided interventional procedures (FGIPs), this paper reports measurements of ESDs made during the period August 1998 to June 1999 on 137 patients undergoing cardiac, neurological and general FGIPs in the Sou...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Waite JC,Fitzgerald M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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