Report of the ICRU Report Committee on Operational Radiation Protection Quantities for External Radiation

The human radiation experiments: final report of the President's Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

In November 1993, the Albuquerque Tribune published a series of articles about people whose lives had been devastated because they had been injected with plutonium-without their knowledge or consent-by medical researchers working for the U.S. government. When Secretary of Energy-designate Hazel O'Leary read about these experiments she was shocked. On 15 January 1994, immediately upon assuming o...

Operational Radiation Protection for European Astronauts

Since the early times of human spaceflight radiation has been, besides the influence of microgravity on the human body, recognized as a main health concern to the astroand cosmonauts. The radiation environment that the crew experiences during a space flight differs significantly to that found on earth due to particles of greater potential for biological damage. High-energetic charged particles,...

Comprehensive QA for radiation oncology: report of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 40.

The new ICRP memorandum and quantities in radiation protection dosimetry.

Evaluation of radiation protection principles and 10-day rule observance for women prone to pregnancy: brief report

Background: Today, with the increasing use of ionizing radiation like X-rays in diagnosis and treatment of diseases, the risk of fetal exposure in pregnant women also increases. Therefore, protecting pregnant women from ionizing radiation is essential and is considered as the standard criterion for Medical Radiation Center. So the aim of this study was to investigate the observance of protectiv...