Realizing the European Network of Biodosimetry (RENEB) – concluding remarks

Realising the European Network of Biodosimetry (RENEB).

In Europe, a network for biological dosimetry has been created to strengthen the emergency preparedness and response capabilities in case of a large-scale nuclear accident or radiological emergency. Through the RENEB (Realising the European Network of Biodosimetry) project, 23 experienced laboratories from 16 European countries will establish a sustainable network for rapid, comprehensive and s...

Realising the European network of biodosimetry: RENEB—status quo

Creating a sustainable network in biological and retrospective dosimetry that involves a large number of experienced laboratories throughout the European Union (EU) will significantly improve the accident and emergency response capabilities in case of a large-scale radiological emergency. A well-organised cooperative action involving EU laboratories will offer the best chance for fast and trust...

The first gamma-H2AX biodosimetry intercomparison exercise of the developing European biodosimetry network RENEB.

In the event of a mass casualty radiation incident, the gamma-H2AX foci assay could be a useful tool to estimate radiation doses received by individuals. The rapid processing time of blood samples of just a few hours and the potential for batch processing, enabling high throughput, make the assay ideal for early triage categorisation to separate the 'worried well' from the low and critically ex...

7 Concluding Remarks

27 slopes, in the worst case, the proposed method could result in a serial execution. In this case, more dependence information, such as the magnitude of dependence vectors, may be required for computing a more eecient BDV set. Even though only a two-dimensional iteration space was considered in this paper, a similar algorithm can be extended to a multiple-dimensional iteration space. However, ...

Chapter Nine Concluding Remarks