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：:For the radiation survey at intermediate and high-energy accelerators, there is a need for a neutron dosemeter which provides reliable readings of the neutron dose in a wide energy range for continuous and pulsed radiation. The objective of this development is to find a dosemeter that fulfils the necessary requirement...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sokolov A,Fehrenbacher G,Radon T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new official albedo dosemeter based on thermoluminescent detectors has been introduced in 2015 by the individual monitoring service of the Helmholtz Zentrum München for monitoring persons who are exposed occupationally against photon and neutron radiation. To enhance the sensitivity for fast neutrons, a new badge wi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Haninger T,Henniger J

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to experimentally compare the contrast improvement factors (CIFs) of a newly developed software-based scatter correction to the CIFs achieved by an antiscatter grid. To this end, three aluminium discs were placed in the lung, the retrocardial and the abdominal areas of a thorax phantom, and di...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mentrup D,Jockel S,Menser B,Neitzel U

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the number and complexity of fluoroscopically guided interventions increase, a serious effort has to be put on the optimisation of the X-ray dose delivered to the patient. In order to set up this optimisation process, the clinical practice for a given cardiology centre has to be analysed with relevant statistical p...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ryckx N,Goy JJ,Stauffer JC,Verdun FR

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New paradigms for parallel programming have been devised to simplify software development on multi-core processors and many-core graphical processing units (GPU). Despite their obvious benefits, the parallelisation of existing computer programs is not an easy task. In this work, the use of the Open Multiprocessing (Op...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Örtenberg A,Magnusson M,Sandborg M,Alm Carlsson G,Malusek A

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A multipurpose anthropomorphic neck phantom was designed and fabricated for use in medical applications. The designed neck phantom is composed of seven elliptic cylindrical slices with a semi-major axis of 14 cm and a semi-minor axis of 12.5 cm, each having the thickness of 2 cm. The thyroid gland, bony part of the ne...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mehdizadeh Naderi S,Sina S,Karimipoorfard M,Lotfalizadeh F,Entezarmahdi M,Moradi H,Faghihi R

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:A follow-up study was taken up in a mineralised zone situated in Hamirpur district, Himachal Pradesh, India, to investigate high values of radon concentrations reported in past studies as well to update the old radon data based on bare SSNTD technique. In the present investigation, the concentrations of indoor radon, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bajwa BS,Singh P,Singh P,Saini K,Singh S,Sahoo BK,Sapra BK

更新日期：2016-03-01 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：:In this research, the effect of magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu) and phosphorus (P) impurities on dosimetry response of LiF:Mg,Cu,P phosphors is studied experimentally and by the simulation procedure. In the experimental procedure, LiF:Mg,Cu,P phosphors in the powder form were synthesised by chemical co-precipitation metho...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mohammadi K,Khayat O,Afarideh H

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude of radiation exposure during paediatric CT in Sudanese hospitals. Doses were determined from CT acquisition parameters using CT-Expo 2.1 dosimetry software. Doses were evaluated for three patient ages (0-1, 1-5 and 5-10 y) and two common procedures (head and abdome...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Suliman II,Khamis HM,Ombada TH,Alzimami K,Alkhorayef M,Sulieman A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to review the literature on existing diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) in digital mammography and methodologies for establishing them. To this end, a systematic search through Medline, Cinahl, Web of Science, Scopus and Google scholar was conducted using search terms extracted from three terms: DRLs, ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Suleiman ME,Brennan PC,McEntee MF

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：: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：:Activity concentrations of dissolved (222)Rn and (226)Ra were measured in several underground aquifers, which are candidates for repositories or for the study of analogue natural escapes of CO2. The concentration of both radionuclides in water was determined using liquid scintillation counting. The values obtained for...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Martín Sánchez A,Ruano Sánchez AB,de la Torre Pérez J,Jurado Vargas M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents the values of radon and thoron progeny concentrations for different seasons in the dwellings of Tehri Garhwal, India. The measurements have been carried out using LR-115 solid-state nuclear track detector-based passive time-integrated direct thoron progeny sensor/direct radon progeny sensor techniq...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Prasad M,Rawat M,Dangwal A,Yadav M,Gusain GS,Mishra R,Ramola RC

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to releases of radionuclides in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, radiocesium ((134)Cs and (137)Cs) has been incorporated into large varieties of plant species and soil types. There is a possibility that radiocesium taken into plants is being diffused by pollen. Radiocesium concentrations in ceda...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Tsuruoka H,Inoue K,Sakano Y,Hamada M,Shimizu H,Fukushi M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continuous observation of radioactivity ratio of (214)Bi to (214)Pb as tracers in rainwater was carried out with 15-min cyclic measurement at Nagoya, Japan, from August 2011 to July 2012 to characterise wet deposition. The ratio ranged from 0.55 to 3.82. Based on the observation and a simplified time evolution model o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Moriizumi J,Kondo D,Kojima Y,Liu H,Hirao S,Yamazawa H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The project 'Radiological Analysis of Environmental Samples in the Gulf of Mexico and the coast of Quintana Roo', had the aim of identifying and quantifying anthropogenic radionuclides in environmental samples consisting of silt, sand and sea water. This paper presents the results of the radiological analysis of these...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Salas Mar B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activities were introduced in Kashiwa city in the Tokyo metropolitan area to correspond to the elevated environmental radiation level after the disaster of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. These were based on a strong cooperation between local governments and experts. Ambient dose rate and radioactivity of f...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Iimoto T,Nunokawa J,Fujii H,Takashima R,Hashimoto M,Fukuhara T,Yajima T,Matsuzawa H,Kurosawa K,Yanagawa Y,Someya S

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a method to discriminate between natural and other γ-ray sources from environmental γ-ray dose rate monitoring data was developed, and it was successfully applied to actual monitoring data around nuclear facilities. The environmental dose rate is generally monitored by NaI(Tl) detector systems in the lo...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kumagai K,Ookubo H,Kimura H

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) accident has resulted in the deposition of radioactive contamination of soils mainly by (134)Cs and (137)Cs. The contaminated areas are of a great concern since external radiation may lead to significant long-term doses to humans and animals. External dose rate above g...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mishra S,Sahoo SK,Arae H,Sorimachi A,Hosoda M,Tokonami S,Ishikawa T

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:A model of radiation-induced bystander effects is presented that explicitly takes into account the transient nature of bystander signal emission post-irradiation, signal lifetime and the non-linear cellular response to the signals. Data are analysed on mutagenesis induced in human lymphoblasts in medium transfer exper...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kundrát P,Friedland W

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionising radiation exposure of cells might induce the perturbation of cell functions and, in particular, the activation or inhibition of several important pathways. This perturbation can cause the deregulation of both intra- and extra-cellular signalling cascades (such as the inflammatory pathway) and alter not only t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Babini G,Ugolini M,Morini J,Baiocco G,Mariotti L,de Fatis PT,Liotta M,Ottolenghi A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protons are the dominant particles both in galactic cosmic rays and in solar particle events and, furthermore, proton irradiation becomes increasingly used in tumour treatment. It is believed that complex DNA damage is the determining factor for the consequent cellular response to radiation. DNA plasmid pBR322 was irr...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Pachnerová Brabcová K,Štěpán V,Karamitros M,Karabín M,Dostálek P,Incerti S,Davídková M,Sihver L

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparative study has been performed on the effects of high-dose-rate (DR) X-ray beams produced by a plasma focus device (PFMA-3), to exploit its potential medical applications (e.g. radiotherapy), and low-DR X-ray beams produced by a conventional source (XRT). Experiments have been performed at 0.5 and 2 Gy doses o...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Virelli A,Zironi I,Pasi F,Ceccolini E,Nano R,Facoetti A,Gavoçi E,Fiore MR,Rocchi F,Mostacci D,Cucchi G,Castellani G,Sumini M,Orecchia R

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yield of chromosome aberrations is not only dependent on dose but also on radiation quality, with high linear energy transfer (LET) typically having a greater biological effectiveness per unit dose than those of low-LET radiation. Differences in radiation track structure and cell morphology can also lead to quanti...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hill MA

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of non-targeted effects (NTEs) of radiation (genomic instability and bystander effects) has been generally accepted for >20 y; however, there is research, which was largely ignored going back to 1915 reporting these effects. Despite today's general acceptance of the phenomenon of NTE, there is little agr...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mothersill C,Seymour C

更新日期：2015-09-01 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：:The main purpose of dose surveys has been to detect and bring down wide variation in radiation doses for any particular radiological examination and to avoid doses that are on higher side. Diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) have been used for over two decades as an aid in this objective. With very limited success that...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rehani MM

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:Patients are exposed to significant radiation doses during diagnostic and interventional urologic procedures. This study aimed to measure patient entrance surface air kerma (ESAK) and to estimate the effective dose during intravenous urography (IVU), extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL), and ascending urethogr...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sulieman A,Barakat H,Zailae A,Abuderman A,Theodorou K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies and effective doses for the most common X-ray diagnostic examinations in Ukraine were assessed in the frame of the European Commission (EC) Study on European Population Doses from Medical Exposure (Dose Datamed 2). The average effective doses for all radiographic procedures were estimated using the ODS...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Stadnyk L,Shalopa O,Nosyk O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation protection in medicine is becoming more and more important with increasing wider use of X-rays, documentation of effects besides the potential for long-term carcinogenic effects. With computed tomography (CT) likely to become sub-mSv in coming years, positron emission tomography (PET), single photon emission...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rehani MM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computed tomography dose index w and dose length product were recorded for the purpose of developing diagnostic reference levels (DRLs) for radiation dose optimisation. The study was conducted in three radiology departments with CT centres in Northern Nigeria. Data were collected from 54 consenting adult participants ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Garba I,Engel-Hills P,Davidson F,Tabari AM

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to compare image quality and patient dose in cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) in terms of volume computed tomography dose index (CTDI vol), dose length product (DLP) and effective dose, when changing from filtered back projection (FBP) to adaptive iterative dose reduction ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dyakov I,Stoinova V,Groudeva V,Vassileva J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The connection between recorded volumetric CT dose index (CTDI vol) and determined mean fetal dose (Df) was examined from metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor dose measurements on an anthropomorphic female phantom in four stages of pregnancy in a 64-slice CT scanner. Automated tube current modulation kept...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kelaranta A,Kaasalainen T,Seuri R,Toroi P,Kortesniemi M

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1995, requirements on energy-efficient building construction were established in Russian Building Codes. In the course of time, utilisation of such technologies became prevailing, especially in multi-storey building construction. According to the results of radon survey in buildings constructed meeting new requi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vasilyev AV,Yarmoshenko IV,Zhukovsky MV

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00