background: the activity concentrations of some radionuclides in soil samples collected from 20 locations in 8 major towns in oyo state, southwestern nigeria have been determined by gamma-ray spectrometry technique. materials and methods: the activity concentrations were determined using high-purity germanium (hpge) detector (canberra industries inc.). the outdoor absorbed dose rates in air at ...

introduction in this study, effective dose equivalent for the public due to internal exposure to 222radon (222rn) was evaluated in three regions of ramsar, a northern coastal city in iran.                                materials and methods measurements were carried out using a radon monitoring device. outdoor and indoor radon concentrations were measured within 24 hours with an integration in...

I ncreasing diagnostic and therapeutic applications of X-ray in medicine will potentially enhance the radiation dose received by the radiologists; this is of more importance when they perform especial procedures. Although the tube collimator will prevent the exposure of radiologists from primary radiation beam, the scattered radiation from the patient’s body will constitute a potential source o...

The current research aims to assess the staff and patients’ effective doses during Nuclear medicine (NM) bone scans procedures. administered activity was utilized quantify doses, while personnel’s were quantified using thermoluminescent detectors (TLD-100). average 650 (440 1440) MBq procedures SPECT gamma camera system. annual dose (mSv) estimated be 2.3 (0.1 4.9). typical patient’s 4.9 (3.6 6...

background: neutron contamination in our environment can cause harmful biological effects on human body. therefore, many efforts have been made to construct a neutron dosimeter to estimate the received dose. objective: to design a simple neutron dosimeter. methods: the primary dosimeter had 3he as a spherical thermal neutron detector encircled by paraffin 10 cm in radius. then, the paraffin sph...

Introduction: In 2000, the UNSCEAR reported that CT constitutes 5% of all the medical x-ray  examinations and it contributes 34% of the resultant collective dose worldwide. Children are more  sensitive to the ionizing radiations than adults. So, routine quality control tests are expected to be  carried out periodically on the CT scanners. The aim of this research was to estimate the effective  ...

Many studies have demonstrated that the exposure of nuclear medicine technologists arises primarily from radioactive patients rather than from preparation of radiopharmaceuticals. However, in order to devise strategies to reduce staff exposure, it is necessary to identify the specific tasks within each procedure that result in the highest radiation doses. An ESM Eberline FH41B-10 radiation dose...