Computed tomography dose index for head CT in northern Nigeria.

abstract：:A project to construct the Korea Multi-purpose Accelerator Complex (KOMAC) is currently underway targeting a high-intensity proton beam with an average current of 4.8 mA. As for the first stage of construction, a 20 MeV linac is planned to be built by 2007 and additional DTL sections will be added to increase the prot...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Cho YS,Lee YO,Chang J

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Christian ethical tradition introduces a number of key values into the clinical context. Moreover, although some denominational differences exist, these are essentially differences of emphasis rather than of substance. Among the central values which the Christian tradition promotes are: the dignity of the person, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hogan L

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The main purpose of this study was to determine the diagnostic reference level (DRL) for routine digital radiography examinations in Mazandaran province. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Thirteen digital radiographic examinations at 18 high-patient-load radiography centres were investigated. The indirect dosimetry m...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hoseini Motlagh Z,Shabestani Monfared A,Deevband MR,Abedi-Firouzjah R,Ghaemian N,Abdi R,Ebrahimnejad Gorji K

更新日期：2020-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The microdosimetric one hit detector model was applied to calculate the dose response, energy response and relative thermoluminescence (TL) efficiency, eta, of high sensitive LiF:Mg,Cu,P and Al(2)O(3):C detectors after their irradiations by X rays, gamma rays, beta electrons and heavy charged particles (HCP). Microdos...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Olko P,Bilski P,Budzanowski M,Czopyk L,Swakon J,Waligorski MP

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is currently studying mortality in a cohort of 6409 workers at a former uranium processing facility. As part of this study, over 220 000 urine samples were used to reconstruct organ doses due to internal exposure to uranium. Most of the available comput...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Anderson JL,Apostoaei AI,Thomas BA

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A device based on a single silicon detector of special converter/detector design optimised for the determination of the neutron dose equivalent is also used for the determination of the photon dose equivalent. While the neutron dose is determined on the basis of signals corresponding to energy depositions above 1.5 Me...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Luszik-Bhadra M

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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：: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：:The image background resulting from imaged anatomy can be divided into those components that are meaningful to the observers, in the sense that they are recognised as separate structures, and those that are not. These latter components (reffered to as anatomical noise) can be removed using a method developed within th...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Båth M,Håkansson M,Börjesson S,Hoeschen C,Tischenko O,Kheddache S,Vikgren J,Månsson LG

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:A device able to trap a liquid droplet in a host liquid in a metastable (superheated) state was developed for a better understanding of the operational principles and for an extension of the application of superheated drop detectors (SDDs). Droplets of trans-2-butene in a metastable state were exposed to Am-Be neutron...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sawamura T,Joji T,Homma A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) has published two reports giving recommendations dealing with the avoidance of deterministic injuries in interventional radiology and the management of patient dose in digital radiology in 2001 and 2004, respectively. Another document, on radiation protect...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vano E,Faulkner K

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In diagnostic nuclear medicine, the biokinetics of the radiopharmaceutical (actually of the radionuclide) is determined for a number of representative patients. At therapy, it is essential to determine the patient's individual biokinetics of the radiopharmaceutical in order to calculate the absorbed doses to critical ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mattsson S

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When neutron survey metres are calibrated in neutron fields, the results for room- and air-scattered neutrons vary according to the distance from the source and the size, shape and construction of the neutron calibration room. ISO 8529-2 recommends four approaches for correcting these effects: the shadow-cone method, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee SK,Kim SI,Lee J,Chang I,Kim JL,Kim H,Kim MC,Kim BH

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superlinear behaviour has been observed in dose dependence measurements of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL). Previous theoretical work has shown that superlinearity of the integral under the OSL decay curve may occur, resulting from competition with either radiationless luminescence centres or disconnected trap...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dose evaluation method for neutrons in the energy range of a few MeV to 100 MeV has been developed using a spectrum weight function (G-function), which is applied to an organic liquid scintillator of 12.7 cm in diameter and 12.7 cm in length. The G-function that converts the pulse height spectrum of the scintillator...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kim E,Endo A,Yamaguchi Y,Yoshizawa M,Nakamura T

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Since the development of the CT scanner in the early 1970s, CT scanner technology has continuously developed through technical advancement, faster computer processing, superior detectors and helical and multi-detector scanning modes. As a result, the scope of clinical examinations has broadened considerably, and in pa...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Edyvean S

更新日期：2013-02-01 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：:This study characterises and evaluates an Al2O3:C-based optically stimulated luminescent dosemeter (OSLD) system, commercially known as the nanoDot™ dosemeter and the InLight® microStar reader, for personal and in vivo dose measurements in diagnostic radiology. The system characteristics, such as dose linearity, reade...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Wong JHD,Bakhsh M,Cheah YY,Jong WL,Khor JS,Ng KH

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Concentrations of beryllium-7 ((7)Be), lead-210 ((210)Pb) and caesium-137 ((137)Cs) were measured at two sites in the city of Belgrade (Serbia). One monitoring site was located in the central city area with heavy traffic and the other within the Institute of Nuclear Sciences Vinca, in the suburbs. Presented data cover...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Todorovic D,Popovic D,Nikolic J,Ajtic J

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation of the simultaneous unfolding of data from neutron spectrometers using the UMG codes MAXED and GRAVEL has been performed. This approach involves combining the data from the spectrometers before unfolding, thereby performing a single combined unfolding of all the data to yield a final combined spectrum...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Roberts NJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regional cooperation in radioactive waste management (RWM) in the Asian and Oceanic countries has been successfully developing for more than 20 y. At present, the Asian and Oceanic countries recognise that there are several projects under the regional cooperation, such as the Forum for Nuclear Cooperation in Asia (FNC...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ya-anant N,Thiangtrongjit S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation protection (RP) in the use of medical cyclotrons involves many aspects both in the routine use and for the decommissioning of a site. Guidelines for site planning and installation, as well as for RP assessment, are given in international documents; however, the latter typically offer analytic methods of calc...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Infantino A,Cicoria G,Lucconi G,Pancaldi D,Vichi S,Zagni F,Mostacci D,Marengo M

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：: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

abstract：:A Chinese head phantom (CHP) is constructed for evaluating the specific absorption rate (SAR) by the wireless transceivers. The dimensions of the head phantom are within 4 % difference compared with the 95th percentile data from the China's standard. The shell's thickness and the configuration of the pinna are the sam...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ma Y,Wang Y,Shao Q,Li C,Wu T

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On 27 occasions, radiation doses were measured for a family member designated as the 'caregiver' for a patient receiving high-dose radioiodine outpatient therapy for differentiated thyroid carcinoma. For 25 of the administrations, patients received 3.7 GBq of (131)I. Radiation doses for the designated caregivers were ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Marriott CJ,Webber CE,Gulenchyn KY

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00