EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT OF PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICES ABOVE 6 GHz.

abstract：:Environmental radiation monitoring in the vicinity of coal-fired power plants which are used primarily to determine the variability in measured background exposures are presented in this article; this is in order to estimate the contribution due to the plants' operation. Measurements have been done using a multi-eleme...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Adrovic F,Prokić M,Ninković MM,Glisić R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new proposed design of neutron shielding material-based on the commercial material Borotron UH050 with an addition of Al(OH)3-is evaluated in order to determine if its neutron and gamma shielding properties match those of a reference material, NS4FR. Neutron and gamma dosimetry measurements are performed, as well as...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Campo X,Méndez R,Lacerda MAS,Garrido D,Embid M,Sanz J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

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：: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 results of a study dealing with detection of neutrons in thermoluminescent (TL) photon radiation detectors, type TLD-500, based on an anion-defective corundum have been reported. The detection method uses the transformation of neutron radiation into gamma radiation arising when neutrons are captured by cadmium nuc...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Nikiforov SV,Kortov VS,Milman II

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improved radiation protection of humans requires a better understanding of the mechanisms of radiation action and accurate estimates of radiation risk for both internal and external radiations. The Japanese atomic bomb survivors represent one of the most important sources of human data on the late carcinogenic effects...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pattison JE,Hugtenburg RP,Charles MW,Beddoe AH

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyses the electric field radiating from the GSM/UMTS base stations located in central Malatya, a densely populated urban area in Turkey. The authors have conducted both instant and continuous measurements of high-frequency electromagnetic fields throughout their research by using non-ionising radi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Karadağ T,Yüceer M,Abbasov T

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A widely used method in the planning of protective actions is to establish a stakeholder network to generate a comprehensive set of generic protective actions. The aim is to increase competence and build links for communication and coordination. The approach of this work was to systematically evaluate protective actio...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sinkko K,Hämäläinen RP,Hänninen R

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of solid tissue substitutes is a well-accepted and common practice in dosimetric studies and in the production of counting standards for radiological protection. However, only a few solid tissue substitutes simulating a particular body tissue with respect to a set of physical characteristics are commercially a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kinase S,Kimura M,Noguchi H,Yokoyama S

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Regarding in vivo L-band dosimetry with human teeth, a number of preliminary experiments were carried out that were linked to the resonators response and the relative contribution of enamel to the EPR signal intensity of irradiated whole teeth. The sensitivity of the extended loop resonator varies in the antenna plane...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zdravkova M,Wieser A,El-Faramawy N,Gallez B,Debuyst R

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chips of a radiophotoluminescence glass dosemeter (RPLG) were used for measurements of space radiation during a 9.8 d Shuttle-Mir mission (STS-91) at an altitude of 400 km and an inclination of 51.65 degrees. Two of RPLG chips were put into each of 59 positions in or on a life-size human phantom. The RPLG values equiv...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Yasuda H,Fujitaka K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instead of conventional Ge semiconductor detectors and NaI(Tl) scintillation spectrometers, an application of a CdZnTe semiconductor (CZT) whose crystal has the dimension of 1 cm cubic to the in situ environmental radioactivity measurement was attempted in deeply affected areas in Fukushima region. Results of depositi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kowatari M,Kubota T,Shibahara Y,Fujii T,Fukutani S,Takamiya K,Mizuno S,Yamana H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to review the reasonable measures that should be implemented as part of a routine practice in the process of managing CT radiation risks in a typical average radiology department. Based on 6 y of experience in the management of a general radiology department and the newly implemented suppo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kirova G,Georgiev E,Zasheva C,St Georges A

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：: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：:Bonner sphere spectrometers (BSSs) are employed in neutron spectrometry and dosimetry since many years. Recent developments have seen the addition to a conventional BSS of one or more detectors (moderator plus thermal neutron counter) specifically designed to improve the overall response of the spectrometer to neutron...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Agosteo S,Dimovasili E,Fassò A,Silari M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has performed a field survey at 11 sites located in Kosovo, where depleted uranium (DU) ammunitions were used by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) during the last Balkans conflict (1999). Soil sampling was performed to assess the spread of DU ground contamina...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sansone U,Stellato L,Jia G,Rosamilia S,Gaudino S,Barbizzi S,Belli M

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:The goal of this study was to develop a method to quantitatively assess the structural shielding performance of computed tomography (CT) rooms in Switzerland. The method was based on the comparison between calculated maximum allowed ambient dose rate (DR) and measured ambient DR in adjacent spaces. If the measured DR ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Treier R,Landis R,Theiler T,Stritt N,Trueb PR,Baechler S

更新日期：2017-04-25 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：:In Austria a comprehensive study on radiation exposure in waterworks was conducted. The aim of this study was to evaluate the risks for the affected employees. On the basis of geographical, geological and hydrological aspects, 21 waterworks were selected. A total of 85 passive short-term measurements and measurements ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Michael S,Andreas B,Claudia S,Fabian R,Ringer W,Josef MF

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various radionuclides are used in nuclear medicine in different diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Recently, interest has grown in therapeutic agents for some interesting applications in nuclear medicine. Internal dose models and methods in use for many years are well established, and can give radiation doses to s...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Stabin MG

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:South coast of India is known as the high-level background radiation area (HBRA) mainly due to beach sands that contain natural radionuclides as components of the mineral monazite. The rich deposit of monazite is unevenly distributed along the coastal belt of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. An HBRA site that laid in 2×7 m alon...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Matsuda N,Brahmanandhan GM,Yoshida M,Takamura N,Suyama A,Koguchi Y,Juto N,Raj YL,Winsley G,Selvasekarapandian S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BNFL have over 25 years experience of designing nuclear plant for the whole-fuel cycle. In the UK, a Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is to be set up to ensure that Britain's nuclear legacy is cleaned up safely, securely and cost effectively. The resulting challenges and opportunities for shielding design will ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jeffries G,Cooper A,Hobson J

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:A comparative analysis of radiation doses determined by tooth enamel electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy and by an acknowledged analytical method is performed for individual doses and for average doses in population of some settlements of the Bryansk region (Russia), which have been contaminated after t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ivannikov AI,Skvortsov VG,Stepanenko VF,Zhumadilov KSh

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A theoretical study was carried out to re-evaluate the integrity of the biological shielding of (137)Cs brachytherapy unit at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana, and the results were verified by measurement of the dose rates at selected locations. The primary objective was to determine the current state of protecti...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Arwui CC,Schandorf C,Nani K,Darko EO,Deatanyah P

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:This paper proposes a method for evaluating the standard uncertainty in the measurements with passive personal dosemeters using a numerical method (Monte Carlo). The paper builds on a previous paper where a two-stage measurement model for passive dosemeters was proposed. This model follows the course of events during ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： van Dijk JW

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Image viewing and processing software in computed radiography manipulates image contrast in such a way that all relevant image features are rendered to an appropriate degree of visibility, and improves image quality using enhancement algorithms. The purpose of this study was to investigate procedures for the quality a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Efstathopoulos EP,Benekos O,Molfetas M,Charou E,Kottou S,Argentos S,Kelekis NL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00