results the results showed that the epoxy plates 6 and 2 mm thick had the highest and the lowest averages of shielding effectiveness at 4.48 db and 1.90 db, respectively. however, increasing the thickness was useful up to 4 mm. in addition, in a similar attenuation pattern, x-band frequency was divided into lower, middle, and upper sections. the lower section had the highest shielding effective...

INTRODUCTION Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is enjoying explosive growth due to its ability to accurately stage many types of cancer and follow the progress of treatments. The facilities present unique challenges in shielding design due to the nature of the study, and the desire to place the facilities near other imaging and treatment clinics. A typical PET patient will receive 555 MBq (15 ...

PURPOSE This study aims to investigate the factors that reduce fetal dose in pregnant patients with breast cancer throughout their radiation treatment. Two main factors in a standard radiation oncology center are considered as the treatment planning systems (TPSs) and simple shielding for intensity modulated radiation therapy technique. MATERIALS AND METHODS TPS factor was evaluated with two ...

Miniaturization and portability of new electronics lead up to wearable devices embedded within garments: a European program called ProeTEX developed multi-purpose sensors integrated within emergency operators' garments in order to monitor their health state and the surrounding environment. This work deals with the development of an autonomous Long Range communication System (LRS), suitable to t...

This Note describes calculations of the shielding necessary to reduce the dose rate to less than 0.05 mrem/h when synchrotron radiations emitted by the LCLS electrons beam hit a worst type scattering target located in the hard X-ray line. The calculations were performed using the FLUKA Monte-Carlo code and as well as the STAC8 analytical code. The photon spectrum used as a source term correspon...

Garments washing is a novel process to impart worn-out look, to modify the appearance and to improve the comfort ability of the garments. Bleach wash is used to fade the color of denim in a higher degree as well as bleach wash has effect on the physical and mechanical properties of the denim also. This paper presents the impact of bleach wash and subsequent softening treatment on 100% cotton de...