When a conscious observer is part of a quantum mechanical system, rule (4) cuts off solutions to the Schrdinger equation. It is important to show that this interruption of the Hamiltonian dynamics does not effect the statistical predictions of the theory. The initial case considered is that of a two atom radioactive source. It is found that when the predictions of standard (Born rule) quantum t...

Since 1984, through 8 years, 29 cases of bladder tumor were treated with high dose rate intracavitary radiotherapy. All cases were transitional cell carcinoma in histology and consisted of 12 cases of CIS, 7 of Ta, 3 of T1, 1 of T2 and 6 of T3. At the intracavitary therapy, 3-way catheter made specially for high dose rate intracavitary radiotherapy was inserted into the bladder and the balloon ...

Transport phenomena involved in the leaching of a radioactive material from a composite matrix into surrounding water are investigated using three methods based on theoretical equations. These are: diffusion equation derived for a plane source model, rate equation for diffusion coupled with a first-order reaction and an empirical method employing a polynomial equation. The obtained results are ...

sir, the big flooding in thailand in 2011 is one of the problematic flooding in asia. it causes several destroying to many things in the disaster areas. an important concern is on the effect on the setting with the radioactive elements usage. in thailand, there are some places with radioactive elements including to the university, hospital as well as radioactive research center. luckily, during...

High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy often involves optimization routines to calculate the dwell times and positions of a radioactive source along specified applicator paths. These routines optimize the dwells in such a way as to deliver the prescribed dose at one or more points while satisfying various constraints. The importance of independently verifying the doses calculated by the optimizatio...

The handling of a liquid radioactive source is a procedure that is uncommon for the average clinical medical physicist. A newly approved treatment device utilizes high activities of liquid I-125 solution as the source of radiation. The radiation safety issues and our experience utilizing high activity liquid I-125 sources are presented. To date we have treated 22 patients with infused activitie...

the present nuclear leakage crisis from japan is a topic to be discussed in present public health. in radiology, the leaked radioactive elements are considered hazard. here, the author briefly reviews and discusses on two important radio-hazard elements in post nuclear power plant crisis, radioactive iodine and radioactive cesium. based on previous similar nuclear crisis in russia, it is eviden...

The Californium Rare Ion Breeder Upgrade (CARIBU) of the ATLAS superconducting linac facility aims at providing low-energy and reaccelerated neutron-rich radioactive beams to address key nuclear physics and astrophysics questions. These beams are obtained from fission fragments of a Cf-252 source, thermalized and collected into a low-energy particle beam by a helium gas catcher, mass analyzed b...