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：:In recent years, international organisations involved in radiation protection and public health have produced new guidance, recommendations and requirements aiming better protection from radon exposure. These organisations have often worked in close collaboration in order to facilitate the establishment of harmonised ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Bochicchio F

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At least 10% of inhabitants in the Czech Republic are supplied with water from private sources (private wells, boreholes). With the increasing cost of water, the number of people using their own sources of drinking water will be likely to increase. According to the Decree of the State Office for Nuclear Safety about t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Otahal P,Merta J,Burian I

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work describes a technique for the measurement of 222Rn by absorption in polycarbonate (PC) powder and liquid scintillation counting (LSC). The work is an improvement of the recently proposed method for 222Rn measurements by LSC of exposed PC grains. It is demonstrated that the use of PC powder as a 222Rn sampler...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mitev K,Georgiev S,Pressyanov D,Dimitrova I,Zhivkova V,Boshkova T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are several occurrences of thermal waters in the south-eastern part of Serbia, which are originating from igneous and metamorphic rocks. These waters are mainly used in balneology, but some of them are used for drinking purposes and in water supply to heat buildings, for greenhouses and to irrigate land. In this...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Nikolov J,Todorović N,Bikit I,Pantić TP,Forkapić S,Mrđa D,Bikit K

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to understand the potential health effect of radiation from Fukushima nuclear disaster, a group of people living in Japan during and after the accident were investigated 1 y after the accident. The venous blood samples were extracted in tune from 156 tested persons living in Tokyo and Niigata with average age...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Chen Y,Zhou PK,Zhang XQ,Wang ZD,Wang Y,Darroudi F

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Fluorescent in situ hybridisation analysis of stable translocations was performed for 26 residents living along the Techa River (Russia), who were predominantly (95%) exposed to ingested strontium radioisotopes ((89)Sr and (90)Sr) resulting in exposure of their red bone marrow (RBM). Analysis was conducted at the Ural...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vozilova AV,Shagina NB,Degteva MO,Moquet J,Ainsbury EA,Darroudi F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioactivity of NORM was measured in ashes collected from a fuel-oil power plant in Cienfuegos, Cuba, using an HPGe gamma-ray spectrometer. The (226)Ra, (210)Pb, (40)K, (232)Th and (238)U activity concentrations reached 240, 77, 59, 70 and 15 Bq kg(-1), respectively. The potential radiological hazard of these res...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Alonso-Hernández CM,Bernal-Castillo J,Morera-Gómez Y,Guillen-Arruebarrena A,Cartas-Aguila HA,Acosta-Milián R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After an explosion of a radiological dispersal device, decision-makers need to implement countermeasures as soon as possible to minimise the radiation-induced risks to the population. In this work, the authors present a tool, which can help providing information about the approximate size of source term and radioactiv...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Urso L,Kaiser JC,Woda C,Helebrant J,Hulka J,Kuca P,Prouza Z

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:An extensive studies on the indoor activity concentrations of thoron, radon and their progeny in the granite region in the state of Karnataka, India, has been carried out since, 2007 in the scope of a lung cancer epidemiological study using solid-state nuclear track detector-based double-chamber dosemeters (LR-115, ty...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Sannappa J,Ningappa C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the neonatal intensive care units (NICU), premature new-borns may be exposed to important doses. Because of their increased radiosensitivity and longer life expectancy, dose optimisation is of importance. The present study aimed at evaluating the dose of the most common radiographs in the Belgian NICU. Entrance sur...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dabin J,Struelens L,Vanhavere F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:All over the world geothermal sources are used for different purposes. The contents of these waters are important to understand positive/negative effects on human life. In this study, natural radioactivity concentrations of geothermal waters were investigated to evaluate the effect on soils and agricultural activities...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Murat Saç M,Aydemir S,Içhedef M,Kumru MN,Bolca M,Ozen F

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple hemispherical phantom has been designed and prepared for the EURADOS intercomparison exercise on (241)Am activity determination in the skull (2011-13). The phantom consists of three parts that substitute bone and soft tissues. (241)Am is deposited on the surfaces of the bone-substituting part. The design and ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Vrba T,Malátová I,Fojtík P,Fülöp M,Ragan P

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indoor radon concentration levels in a large number of dwellings in Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah Province have been measured. Al-Madinah Al-Munawarah is in the western region of Saudi Arabia. It is the second holiest city in Islam after Mecca, because it is the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad. The city was div...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Mohamed RI,Alfull ZZ,Dawood ND

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radionuclide concentrations of ²²⁶Ra, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K in different types of building materials used in Egypt were measured using gamma-ray spectroscopy. The results showed relatively moderate radionuclide concentrations for all samples except granite, which showed extremely high concentrations of 78.75 ± 2.36, 2.82 ± 0....

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hassan NM,Mansour NA,Fayez-Hassan M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work evaluates the per-procedure, annual collective and per-capita effective doses to the Aosta Valley region population from nuclear medicine (NM) examinations performed from 2005 to 2011 at the regional NM department. Based on its demographical and socioeconomics characteristics, this area can be conside...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Aimonetto S,Arrichiello C,Peruzzo Cornetto A,Catuzzo P,Zeverino M,Poti C,Meloni T,Pasquino M,Tofani S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study assesses the level of natural radioactivity due to radionuclides, ²³⁸U, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K, in 50 soil samples collected from South Konkan, Maharashtra, India. The mean activity concentrations of ²³⁸U, ²³²Th and ⁴⁰K are 44.97 ± 1.22 Bq kg⁻¹, 59.70 ± 2.17 Bq kg⁻¹ and 217.51 ± 8.75 Bq kg⁻¹, respectively, measured ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Dhawal SJ,Phadatare MR,Thorat ND,Kulkarni GS,Pawar SH

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic reference level (DRL) has generally been defined as the 75th percentile of the distributions of mean doses observed on a sample of standard-sized patients, but for mammography, the 95th percentile has been used. In this study, the 75th and 95th percentiles are estimated for 26 full-field digital mammogr...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Hauge IH,Bredholt K,Olerud HM

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The occupational radiation exposure of medical radiation workers at the Institute of Oncology, Vilnius University (IOVU) was analysed. Quartile dose measurements were collected and routinely analysed for a period of 8 y from 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2011. A total of 193 medical radiation workers were monitored, c...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Samerdokiene V,Atkocius V,Ofomala R

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radon ((222)Rn) measurements were undertaken in 16 samples of well water representing different depths and different types of aquifers found at the city centre of Konya, Central Turkey. The radon activity concentrations of the well water samples collected in the spring and summer seasons of 2012 were measured by using...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Erdogan M,Eren N,Demirel S,Zedef V

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) through the International Action Plan on Radiation Protection of Patients and the International Commission on Radiological Protection have for some time carried out important efforts to assure that in the medical applications of the ionising radiations, the optimisation of...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Blanco S,Mora P,Almonte N,Benavente T,Benson N,Blanco D,Cárdenas J,Defaz Gómez Y,Edding O,Escobar C,Fonseca M,Gamarra M,García Aguilar J,Khoury HJ,Quintero AR,Roas Zuniga N,Zaire E,Nader A

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The radioactivity concentrations of nuclides (238)U, (232)Th and (40)K in lake sediments collected from 15 different stations at Altınkaya dam lake and 12 different stations at Derbent dam lake in Turkey were measured using high-resolution gamma-ray spectrometry. The measurement was done using a coaxial HPGe detector ...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Eroğlu H,Kabadayi Ö

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Site-specific transfer coefficient from feed to cow's milk, for (137)Cs in the villages around Narora, a nuclear power station site in India, determined over a period of 17 y, is presented in this paper. In the transport model for the prediction of the concentration of (137)Cs in milk, the transfer coefficient from fe...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Kumar D,Kumar A,Sharma AK,Singh B,Ravi PM,Sarkar PK

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2011, a serious radiation accident occurred in Stamboliyski, Bulgaria, in an industrial sterilisation facility using very-high-activity (60)Co sources. For the five persons accidentally exposed, biological dosimetry based on dicentric analysis was performed in Sofia and in Paris, where the patients were transferred...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Grégoire E,Hadjidekova V,Hristova R,Gruel G,Roch-Lefevre S,Voisin P,Staynova A,Deleva S,Ainsbury EA,Lloyd DC,Barquinero JF

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Building materials contain natural radionuclides (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K, which cause direct radiation exposure of the public. The concentrations of (226)Ra, (232)Th and (40)K in commonly used building materials of Urumqi, China have been analysed using gamma-ray spectrometry. The concentrations of (226)Ra, (40)K a...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Ding X,Lu X,Zhao C,Yang G,Li N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of body elements using the prompt gamma rays neutron activation method is a very useful and highly accurate method Lone, M. A., Mughabghab, S. F. and Paviotti-Corcuera, R. Development of a database for prompt gamma-ray neutron activation analysis. Summary Report of the Second Research Coordination Meeting...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Araghian N,Rafat-Motavalli L,Miri-Hakimabad H

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the image quality and dose to patients in the radiography of sacroiliac joints and to perform a clinical comparative study of digital and conventional screen-film radiography. Routine radiography of sacroiliac joint was performed in 60 patients using digital and screen-film rad...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Jablanovic D,Ciraj-Bjelac O,Damjanov N,Seric S,Radak-Perovic M,Arandjic D,Maksimovic R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current estimations of risk associated with medical imaging procedures rely on assessing the organ dose via direct measurements or simulation. The dose to each organ is assumed to be homogeneous. To take into account the differences in radiation sensitivities, the mean organ doses are weighted by a corresponding t...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Samei E,Li X,Chen B,Reiman R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Earlier measurements have revealed that active electronic dosemeters have deficiencies in pulsed fields of ionising radiation due to the counting technique used. The DIS-1 dosemeter uses a promising technology, which should be basically suitable for measurements in pulsed fields. In this paper, first measurements with...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Zutz H,Hupe O

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:In the framework of the ORAMED project (Optimization of RAdiation protection for MEDical staff), funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme, different studies were aimed at improving the quality of radiation protection in interventional radiology and nuclear medicine. The main results of the project were...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Gualdrini G,Bordy JM,Daures J,Fantuzzi E,Ferrari P,Mariotti F,Vanhavere F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the frequency of examination, image quality (IQ) and establishment of local diagnostic reference levels (LDRLs) in paediatric radiographic examinations. The X-ray device performance, film reject rate and IQ grading were assessed at Radiology Department of a referral and teaching children's hospital in Kenya....

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Wambani JS,Korir GK,Korir IK,Kilaha S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Results of field tests with explosive dispersal of a radioactive substance (RaS) are presented. The paper deals with tests exploiting artificial obstacles as a continuation and expansion of the tests used in this study performed in free area described previously. The essential goal of the tests was to estimate the dis...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Rulik P,Prouza Z,Hovorka J,Beckova V,Cespirova I,Fronka A,Helebrant J,Hulka J,Kuca P,Skrkal J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aims to contribute to the construction of a scenario regarding patient radiation exposure in Brazilian interventional radiology, aiming to provide data for the future drafting of specific legislation on interventional radiology because there is currently a lack of safety regulations for haemodynamics servic...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Navarro VC,Navarro MV,Maia AF

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：:The EC (European Council) Directive on radiation protection of patients requires that criteria for acceptability of equipment in diagnostic radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy be established throughout the member states. This study reviews the background to this requirement and to its implementation in practi...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Malone J,Baldelli P,Balter S,Bischof N,Bosmans H,Dowling A,Edyvean S,Gallagher A,Faulkner K,Horner K,Malone L,Mclean ID,O'Connor U,Schreiner A,Vassileva J,Vano E,Zoetelief J

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental cone beam computed tomography (CBCT), also known as digital volumetric tomography was developed in the late 1990s and is now increasingly available in clinical practice. It can provide high resolution cross-sectional images of teeth and the maxillofacial region with applications in all branches of dentistry. As...

journal_title：Radiation protection dosimetry

authors： Horner K,Jacobs R,Schulze R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00