OBJECTIVE Several studies have been published regarding the use of bismuth shielding to protect the breast in computed tomography (CT) scans and, up to the writing of this article, only one publication about barium shielding was found. The present study was aimed at characterizing, for the first time, a lead breast shielding. MATERIALS AND METHODS The percentage dose reduction and the influen...

Chemical shift requires the knowledge of both the sample and a reference magnetic shielding. In few cases as nitrogen (15N), the standard experimental reference corresponds to its liquid phase. Theoretical estimate of NMR magnetic shielding parameters of compounds in their liquid phase is then mandatory but usually replaced by an easily-get gas phase value, forbidding direct comparisons with ex...

we have evaluated the nmr shielding tensors for a:t,g:c,a:u in watson-crick, and u-quartet. we have computed nmr shielding tensors at b31yp level by using 6-31g(d) basis set. we have compute anisotropy and asymmetry in a:t,g:c,a:u and u-quartet. the nmr shielding tensors were calculated using the giao method. the natural bonding orbital analysis (nbo) were performed. nbo calculation have been ...

Plain pelvic radiographs are commonly used for a variety of pediatric orthopedic disorders. Lead shielding is typically placed over the gonads to minimize radiation exposure to these sensitive tissues. However, misplaced shielding can sabotage efforts to protect patients from excessive radiation exposure either by not covering radiosensitive tissues or by obscuring anatomic areas of interest, p...

The series of methyl halides, CH(3)X (X = F, Cl, Br, and I), is prototypic for demonstrating the s.c. normal halogen dependence of light-atom nuclear magnetic resonance shielding constants in the presence of halogen atoms of varying electronegativity. We report a systematic experimental and first-principles theoretical study of the (13)C and (1)H shielding tensors in this series. The experiment...

In this paper, we present the shielding analysis to determine the necessary neutron and photon shielding for a laser-accelerated proton therapy system. Laser-accelerated protons coming out of a solid high-density target have broad energy and angular spectra leading to dose distributions that cannot be directly used for therapeutic applications. A special particle selection and collimation devic...

Ring currents can exert a large effect upon the chemical shielding of NMR resonances. The analytical expression developed by Waugh and Fessenden (Waugh, J. S.; Fessenden, R. W. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1957, 79, 846) and Johnson and Bovey (Johnson, C. E.; Bovey, F. A. J. Chem. Phys. 1957, 29, 1012) only quantifies the contribution of ring currents to the isotropic component of the shielding tensor. In...

We investigate the nature of higher-order effects arising in solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance ~NMR! when quadrupolar nuclei are subject to significant chemical shift anisotropies. It is shown that the quadrupole interaction can give rise to shielding-derived terms that are not entirely averaged away by conventional magic-angle spinning ~MAS!. These terms are proportional to the square of ...

background: designing and shielding of an appropriate radiography room has been one of the major concerns of radiation scientists since the first decade after the invention of x-rays. recently, report no.147 of national council on radiation protection and measurements (ncrp) has been published. in this study the researchers have investigated the effect of new report recommendation on primary an...

The long-held “shielding cone” model of the through-space NMR shielding effect of a carbon-carbon double bond predicts only the effect of the magnetic anisotropy of the double bond; it ignores other important contributors to the overall shielding. GIAO-SCF and GIAO-MP2 calculations have been performed on a simple model system, methane moved sequentially above ethene or 2-methylpropene. These ca...