THE CONVERSION OF EXPOSURES DUE TO RADON INTO THE EFFECTIVE DOSE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE EQUIVALENCE OF RISKS FROM SHORT- AND LONG-TERM EXPOSURES.

abstract：:In this article, an approach to compute the dose conversion coefficients (DCCs) is described for the computational voxel phantom 'High-Definition Reference Korean-Man' (HDRK-Man) using artificial neural networks (ANN). For this purpose, the voxel phantom was implemented into the Monte Carlo (MC) transport toolkit GEAN...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kadri O,Manai K

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:For more accurate assessments of the occupational exposure to radon for miners, the individual monitoring was conducted by using an improved passive integrating (222)Rn monitor. A total of 120 miners in 3 different kinds of mines were monitored throughout a year. The results showed that the individual exposure to rado...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Fan D,Zhuo W,Zhang Y

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：: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：:In circumstances of inhalation exposure the radiotoxicity of radionuclide depends on the fractional deposition of inhaled activity, which is governed by the aerodynamic characteristics of the particles. Although International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) provides default size distribution parameters fo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Shailesh M,Das T,Prabhat M,Kolekar RV,Gopalakrishnan RK

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study of spatial distribution of the indoor radon has assumed in the last years a lot of interest. The geostatistical techniques turn out to be particularly promising. The present work presents the results of a study where around 4000 indoor radon data from Veneto, Friuli Venezia-Giulia and Alto Adige, collected d...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bertolo A,Bigliotto C,Giovani C,Garavaglia M,Spinella M,Verdi L,Pegoretti S

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The natural radionuclide (226Ra, 232Th and 40K) contents of building materials commonly used in South Korea have been determined by a gamma ray spectroscopy system using a high purity germanium detector. The radon exhalation rates and emanation coefficients of building materials have also been studied. The average con...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee SC,Kim CK,Lee DM,Kang HD

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Radiation dose monitoring for radiography students during clinical training is necessary to demonstrate the extent of radiation protection issues present, as well as to instill in them an awareness of safe practices that they will carry with them throughout their careers. The study assess the radiation dose incurred b...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Abuzaid MM,Elshami W,Steelman C

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system was developed in 2008 to calculate patient doses using Radiology Information System (RIS) data and presents these data as a patient dose audit. One of the issues with this system was the quality of user-entered data. It has been shown that Digital Imaging and Communication in Medicine (DICOM) header data can ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Wilde R,Charnock P,McDonald S,Moores BM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time variation of the radon equilibrium factor F was measured every four hours in the Nuclear Technology Laboratory of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (in northern Greece) during October 1998-April 1999. The time dependence of the mean weekly value of radon equilibrium factor F is relatively small. During...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

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

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4.4 MeV photon reference field described in ISO 4037 is produced by the (12)C(p,p')(12)C (E(x) = 4.4389 MeV) reaction using a thick elemental carbon target and a proton beam with an energy of 5.7 MeV. The relative abundance of the isotope (13)C in elemental carbon is 1.10%. Therefore, the 4.4 MeV photon field is c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Röttger S,Schäler K,Behrens R,Nolte R,Wissmann F

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the frame of the EU Coordination Action CONRAD (coordinated network for radiation dosimetry), WP4 was dedicated to work on computational dosimetry with an action entitled 'Uncertainty assessment in computational dosimetry: an intercomparison of approaches'. Participants attempted one or more of eight problems. This...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： de Carlan L,Price R,Chartier JL,Kodeli I,Siebert B,Henninger J,Posselt J,Gualdrini G,Agosteo S,Bedogni R,Bordy JM,Cassette P,Ferrari P,Gomez Ros JM,Grosswendt B,Lacoste V,Pola A,Rollet S,Schultz F,Simakov SP,Tanne

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is well known that there are great variations in radon concentrations in the soil gas on building sites. The concentration may sometimes vary by more than two orders of magnitude. The tectonic structure of the bedrock is one of the factors that influence the intensity of the radon outflow. The simple ARES geophysic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Thinova L,Fronka A,Rovenska K

更新日期：2011-05-01 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：:Exposure to radon and radon decay products in some residential areas and at workplaces constitutes one of the greatest risks from natural sources of ionising radiation. Recently, increasing attention has been paid to the precise estimations of this health risk by numerous models. The compartmental model published in I...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Böhm R,Nikodémová D,Holý K

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:According to the worldwide reports, industrial radiography is one of the highest risk radiation practices due to handling high activity sources. Therefore, an optimization of protection along with appropriate investigation level and/or dose constraint is required to achieve appropriate radiological safety. This resear...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hosseini Pooya SM,Dashtipour MR

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first commercial spent nuclear fuel reprocessing plant at Rokkasho in Japan discharged 129I from actual spent nuclear fuel into the atmosphere during its test operation from 2006 to 2008. Previously, we measured monthly atmospheric concentrations of gaseous and particulate 129I and atmospheric deposition rates of ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Abe K,Hasegawa H,Akata N,Kakiuchi H,Chiang JH,Suwa H,Hisamatsu S

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung disease represents one of the most life-threatening conditions in prematurely born children. In the evaluation of the neonatal chest, the primary and most important diagnostic study is therefore the chest radiograph. Since prematurely born children are very sensitive to radiation, those radiographs may lead to a ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Smans K,Struelens L,Smet M,Bosmans H,Vanhavere F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents the seasonal variations of indoor radon levels in dwellings located in the Ramallah province and East Jerusalem suburbs, Palestine. The measurements were performed during the summer and winter of the year 2006/2007 using CR-39 solid-state-nuclear-track detectors. The total number of investigated bu...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Leghrouz AA,Abu-Samreh MM,Shehadeh AK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The W values of protons in water vapour were measured for energies from 1 keV to 100 keV with uncertainties lower than 1%. To study the energy and phase dependence of W values, the W values of protons in water vapour and liquid water were calculated for energies from 0.1 keV and 10 MeV and then compared to the experim...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Willems G,Back WY,Grosswendt B

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：: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 new French radiation protection legislation requires the definition of the zoning of accelerator facilities with respect to radioactive waste. This activation inside the ESRF 6 GeV storage ring is essentially due to photonuclear reactions. This paper describes the first results of Monte Carlo calculations that wer...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Berkvens P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In March 2011, the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident occurred and a large amount of radionuclides was released. To study its effect, we estimated the internal exposure due to intake of tap water in the early phase after the accident. As the number of measured values of tap water following the accident was...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kawai M,Yoshizawa N,Suzuki G

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:A range of techniques has been developed in conventional radiography for the chest, because of technical difficulties in imaging the wide variation of tissue densities. These techniques can differ significantly in tube potential selection, for scatter reduction and in application of manual or automatic exposure contro...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Doyle P,Martin CJ,Gentle D

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00