In the retrospective dose assessment of individuals potentially exposed to ionizing radiation after an accident, dosimetry with inert materials can complement or be used as an alternative to biodosimetry assays. Dosimetry based on physical methods such as Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR), Thermoluminescence (TL) or Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) provides measurements of absorbed d...

The Thermoluminescence Personal Dosimetry Laboratory of the University of Costa Rica provides dose measurements for around 90% of occupational radiation workers in the country. The assessment of doses to workers routinely exposed to external sources of radiation constitutes an integral part of any radiation protection programme and helps national authorities to ensure acceptably safe and satisf...

background: different kinds and models of personal dosimeters are used in individual monitoring by workers.  performance testing as part of approval procedures is carried out to demonstrate that the essential performance specifications are routinely maintained. there are four service providers in iran which use different luminescence techniques (i. e. tld and rpl) with various kinds of dosimete...

The ENEA Radiation Protection Institute since many years has been playing a reference role in Italy in the radiological protection field for external exposures and for incorporated radionuclides dosimetry both in the industrial and medical activities. A series of laboratories and measurement facilities are in operation in connection with neutron, photon and electron metrology, with the developm...

Artificial Neural Networks technology has been applied to unfold the neutron spectra and to calculate the effective dose, the ambient equivalent dose, and the personal dose equivalent for Cf and AmBe neutron sources. A Bonner sphere spectrometry with a LiI(Eu) scintillator was utilized to measure the count rates of the spheres that were utilized as input in two artificial neural networks, one f...

PURPOSE To analyze intraoperative (IO) dosimetry using transrectal ultrasound (TRUS), performed before and after prostate low-dose-rate brachytherapy (LDR-BT), and compare it to dosimetry performed 30 days following the LDR-BT implant (Day 30). MATERIAL AND METHODS A total of 236 patients underwent prostate LDR-BT using 125I that was performed with a three-dimensional TRUS-guided interactive ...

Computed tomography (CT) dosimetry normally uses an ionization chamber 100 mm long to estimate the computed tomography dose index (CTDI), however some reports have already indicated that small devices could replace the long ion chamber to improve quality assurance procedures in CT dosimetry. This paper presents a novel dosimetry system based in a commercial phototransistor evaluated for CT dosi...

The study was conducted to analyse possible interactions between noise and shift work, and fatigue as a function of age. In a large questionnaire survey, we assessed personal and environmental risk factors related to fatigue. Noise exposure at work (L(Aeq, 8hr)) was measured with personal noise dosimetry. The sample included 254 day and shift workers, and was divided into 2 age groups (<40- and...