EURADOS (European Radiation Dosimetry Group) Working Group 12 (WG12) SG1 activities are aimed at occupational radiation protection and individual monitoring in X-ray nuclear medicine practices. In recent years, many studies have been carried out these fields, especially for interventional radiology cardiology workplaces (IC/IR). The complexity of the exposure conditions medical staff during pra...

Flexible radiation dosimeters have been produced incorporating thick films (>1 μm) of the semiconducting polymer poly([9,9-dioctylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl]-co-bithiophene). Diode structures produced on aluminium-metallised poly(imide) substrates, and with gold top contacts, have been examined with respect to their electrical properties. The results suggest that a Schottky conduction mechanism occurs ...

Exposure to solar UVA (320-400 nm) radiation can damage DNA and lead to skin disorders. Conventional dosimetry using a single piece of polysulfone or diglycol carbonate (CR-39) cannot provide accurate measurement of the biologically effective irradiance for erythema for the UVA waveband. A package employing four dosimeters (polysulfone, nalidixic acid, 8-methoxypsoralen and phenothiazine) has b...

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India designed and developed a telecobalt unit, which was named as Bhabhatron-II. In this paper, the results pertaining to radiation safety of indigenously developed Bhabhatron-II telecobalt unit are reported. The various tests were carried out as per requirements of International Electrotechnical Commission standard and acceptance criteria developed natio...

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...

The axial dose profile of various scans of different CTs was determined to obtain specification on radiation geometry by collimation. The dose was measured "free-in-air" by thermoluminescent dosimeters at the axis of rotation. Considerable differences between the various CTs were observed. The scans of different CTs had narrow and wide fields. It seems to be possible to reduce the energy transm...

Fricke gel dosimetry is a valuable method for in-phantom dose measurements in complex irradiation modalities like IMRT and BNCT. Implementation of this dosimetry technique requires dedicated instruments capable of measuring and further analysis immediately in situ at the radiation facility. This work presents a novel and integral dosimetry system aimed to attain portability requirements. The me...

The innovation of adding a gel matrix to the traditional Fricke dosimeter to stabilize geometric information established the field of gel dosimetry for radiation therapy. A discussion of Fricke gels provides an overview of the issues that determine the dose response of all gel dosimeters in general. In this paper we review some of the features of Fricke systems to illustrate these issues and, i...