RADON SURVEY IN SCHOOL AND ESTIMATION OF EFFECTIVE DOSE USING CORRECTED RADON CONCENTRATION.

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：:The World Health Organization (WHO), the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), WHO's scientific collaborating centres (including the UK's National Radiological Protection Board (NRPB)) and over 50 participating Member States are participants of WHO's International EMF Project. As part...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Repacholi MH

更新日期：2003-01-01 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 rigorous characterisation of the behaviour of a radiobase antenna for wireless communication systems is a hot topic both for antenna or communication system design and for radioprotection-hazard reasons. Such a characterisation deserves a numerical solution, and the use of a finite-difference time-domain (FD-TD) a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Catarinucci L,Palazzari P,Tarricone L

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experimental validation of a low-cost method for extrapolation and estimation of the maximal electromagnetic-field exposure from long-term evolution (LTE) radio base station installations are presented. No knowledge on downlink band occupation or service characteristics is required for the low-cost method. The meth...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Verloock L,Joseph W,Gati A,Varsier N,Flach B,Wiart J,Martens L

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A secondary standard for ambient dose equivalent, H*(10), is necessary for the dissemination of the unit Sievert (Sv), but there is no such standard commercially available currently. Furthermore, the measurement of H*(10) instead of calculating H*(10) from air kerma and conversion coefficients is needed for unknown ra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bairlein K,Behnke B,Hupe O

更新日期：2020-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study examines the energy-loss mechanism of charged particles in organic solids as determined by the inelastic interactions with the electronic sub-system of the target. The dielectric approach was applied to non-conducting valence electrons while an appropriate binary collision theory was used for core-el...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Emfietzoglou D

更新日期：2002-01-01 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 ESOREX project was initiated in 1997 by the EC DG TREN and it was executed by the BfS/Germany in close co-operation with the State Office for Nuclear Safety/Czech Republic). It consists of surveys on radiation monitoring and exposure carried out in the 30 European states. The study provides comparable descriptions...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Frasch G,Petrová K

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ doses and effective dose were calculated with the latest version of the Monte Carlo transport code FLUKA in the case of an anthropomorphic mathematical model exposed to monoenergetic narrow beams of protons, pions and electrons in the energy range 10-400 GeV. The target organs considered were right eye, thyroid,...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pelliccioni M,Silari M,Ulrici L

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:In paediatrics, the risks associated with ionising radiation should be a major concern, due to children's higher susceptibility to radiation effects. Measure entrance skin dose (ESD) in chest and pelvis X-ray projections and compare the results with the 'European guidelines on quality criteria for diagnostic radiograp...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Paulo G,Santos J,Moreira A,Figueiredo F

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Organic Bound Tritium (OBT) amount in the body may induce changes in the evaluation of the internal exposure to tritium, due to its different retention time relative to HTO. OBT measurements for urine are not performed routinely, mainly because of the lengthy work needed in preparation of the samples, when using t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gonen R,Marco R,German U,Katorza E,Alfassi ZB,Haquin G,Tshuva A,Pelled O

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study a set of structures has been simulated to represent a range of clinically relevant breast cancer mammographic lesions including solid tumours and microcalcifications. All structures have been created using simple random-based mathematical functions and have been inserted into a subset of digital mammogra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ruschin M,Tingberg A,Båth M,Grahn A,Håkansson M,Hemdal B,Andersson I

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conversion coefficients are a substantial vehicle in practical radiation protection to determine the dose (rate) of a given radiation field. According to ICRU report 57, their values shall be obtained by means of spectrometry. This is, however, a time-consuming complicated procedure that cannot be performed by all dos...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Behnke B,Hupe O

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the multi-centre study was to assess dose area product (DAP) and effective dose of patients undergoing angiography of the lower limbs in Belgium and to investigate the correlation between DAP and effective dose. DAP values were measured in 12 centres and compared with the national diagnostic reference l...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Smans K,Struelens L,Hoornaert MT,Bleeser F,Buls N,Berus D,Clerinx P,Malchair F,Vanhavere F,Bosmans H

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium-40 constitutes the main natural source of potassium present in the body, which influences the effective dose received by people. With the aim of assessing the contribution of this component to the doses received by the Cuban population, a study intended to assess the doses was developed. For this purpose, a ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zerquera JT,Alonso MP,Bejerano GL,López JO,Rodríguez NA

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:At the low doses (and low dose rates) relevant to environmental and occupational radiation exposure (0-50 mSv), which are of practical concern for radiation protection, very few cells in the human organism experience more than one traversal by densely ionising particles in their lifetime, the intervals between the tra...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gerardi S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural radionuclide contents of 226Ra, 228Ra and (40)K were studied for inter-tidal sediments collected from selected locations off the745 km long Balochistan Coast using HPGe detector based gamma-spectrometry system. The sampling zone extends from the beaches of Sonmiani (near Karachi metropolis) through Jiwani (clo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Akram M,Qureshi RM,Ahmad N,Solaija TJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation of the thermoluminescence (TL) properties of high pressure, high temperature (HPHT) synthetic diamond crystals grown under diluted nickel or cobalt as solvent catalysts is reported. After a study of TL properties of 6 different samples, it is shown that a crystal grown with Ni+2%Ti and annealed at 210...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Benabdesselam M,Iacconi P,Gheeraert E,Kanda H,Lapraz D,Briand D

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indoor workplace environment was evaluated for exposure to radon and its decay products at two Universities in two metropolises of Japan. The mean radon concentrations in Nagoya University (NU) and Hokkaido University (HU) were 16.7 Bq m(-3) and 18.0 Bq m(-3), respectively. Activity median aerodynamic diameter (AM...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rahman NM,Iida T,Yamazawa H,Yokoyama S,Moriizumi J,Saito F,Ito T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Digital breast tomosynthesis is a new three-dimensional (3D) breast-imaging modality that produces images of cross-sectional planes parallel to the detector plane from a limited number of X-ray projections over a limited angular range. Several technical and clinical parameters have not yet been completely optimised. S...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Shaheen E,Zanca F,Sisini F,Zhang G,Jacobs J,Bosmans H

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outdoor gamma background of the historic center of Rome was studied by in situ measurements and average values of the outcropping geological formations. The survey resulted in two maps of dose equivalent rate, related to pre-anthropic and present conditions. Presently, the average of the dose equivalent rate from ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Daniela G,Carloni S,Voltaggio M,Di Lisa GA

更新日期：2019-12-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The electrochemical etching (ECE) method enlarges charged particle tracks to enhance its applications in particular in health physics and radiation dosimetry. The ECE method is usually based on using a high frequency-high voltage (HF-HV) generator with 250-µm-thick polycarbonate track detectors (PCTDs). The authors' r...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sohrabi M,Ramezani V

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main objective of this comparative study was to evaluate the national quality assurance program for X-ray diagnostic radiology in Syrian governmental hospitals. Two periods were covered in this study, the first period was from 1986 to 1998 (52 hospitals and 149 X-ray machines were considered) and the second period...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kharita MH,Khedr MS,Wannus KM

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:TRIPOLI-4.3 Monte Carlo transport code has been used to evaluate the QUADOS (Quality Assurance of Computational Tools for Dosimetry) problem P4, neutron and photon response of an albedo-type thermoluminescence personal dosemeter (TLD) located on an ISO slab phantom. Two enriched 6LiF and two 7LiF TLD chips were used a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Lee YK

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the purpose of radiation protection, the reference neutron field for calibration of neutron monitors was constructed using radioactive neutron sources-bare-(252)Cf, D(2)O-moderated (252)Cf and (241)Am-Be(alpha,n)-at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS). The well-specified neutron source with i...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Park H,Kim J,Choi KO

更新日期：2007-01-01 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