background: the most efficient application of ionizing radiation is serving medical purposes and using this radiation has caused people to learn that artificial sources of radiation exposure among these resources can be of highest exposure rate.   objective: the present study is aimed at initially establishing a baseline for local-reference dose level in mazandaran, iran in 12 projections of th...

background: monte carlo (mc) modeling of a linear accelerator is a prerequisite for monte carlo dose calculations in external beam radiotherapy. in this study, a simple and efficient model was developed for elekta sl-25 linear accelerator using mcnp4c monte carlo code materials and methods: the head of elekta sl-25 linac was simulated for 6 and 18 mv photon beams using mcnp4c mc code. energy sp...

abstractbackground: there are relatively rich uranium mines in regions of saghand and bafgh in yazd province. this survey was carried out to provide a map of ambient gamma radiation of yazd province and the probable effects of the existence of these mines on background radiation dose rates.materials and methods: the measurements of the outdoor and indoor–environmental exposures (including cosmi...

background: monte carlo determination of tg-43 brachytherapy dosimetry parameters and dose distribution calculation for 131cs source model cs-1 are presented in this study. materials and methods: the dose distribution was calculated around the 131cs model cs-1 located in the center of 30 cm ×30 cm ×30 cm water, and soft tissue phantoms cube using mcnp code by monte carlo method. the percentage ...

background: natural radioactivity in materials under certain conditions can reach the hazardous radiological levels. so, it becomes necessary to study the natural radioactivity in different materials to assess the dose for the population in order to know the health risks and to have a baseline for future changes in the environmental radioactivity due to human activities. materials and methods: ...

background: polymer gel dosimetry is still the only dosimetry method for direct measuring of threedimensional dose distributions. mri polymer gel dosimeters are tissue equivalent and can act as a phantom material. in this study the obtained isodose maps with pagat polymer gel dosimeter were compared to those calculated with egsnrs for singleshot irradiations of 8 and 18 mm collimators of gamma ...

background: it was intended to investigate the effect of physical wedge (pw) and enhanced dynamic wedges (edw) on contralateral breast dose during primary breast irradiation in radiotherapy treatment, using high energy photon beams. materials and methods: the varian’s clinac dual mode linear accelerator model 2100 c/d and siemen’s primus accelerators were used for radiation doses with 6 mv and ...

background: the aims of the study are to determine the radioactivity concentrations of 226ra, 238u, 232th and 40k in vegetables of a recently found high background radiation area of south-eastern part of bangladesh and to detect the radiological risks to human from intake of these vegetables. materials and method: 10 plant samples were collected randomly from different locations of the study ar...

conclusion scout views may be useful in determining dose and image quality in ct scanning; however, it is necessary to first determine the most appropriate scout view for ct scans. background while using the automatic exposure control technique in computed tomography (ct), the scout view determines the radiation dose for the ct scan by taking anatomical morphology into consideration. objectives...

introduction exposure to chronic levels of ionizing radiation could be detrimental to health even at very low doses. calabar free trade zone (cftz) was established to promote export business in nigeria and it is yet to produce exposure data of the zone. materials and methods the zone was divided into three categories depending on the type of business. category a had facilities with manufacturin...