Introduction to the special issue of Radiation Protection Dosimetry This special issue is a collection of peer-reviewed articles derived from presentations at the fourth EPR BioDose Meeting, held in Hanover, NH, USA in 4–8 October 2015. Organised by…

这一篇作为本期的结束是因为发现后面的一些基本上也是EPR有关的会议内容, Contribution of Harold M. Swartz to In VivoEPR and EPR Dosimetry In 2015, we are celebrating half a century of research in the application of Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) as a biodosimetry tool to evaluat…

Using Stable Free Radicals to Obtain Unique and Clinically Useful Data In Vivo in Human Subjects Abstract This paper attempts to: (1) provide a critical overview of the challenges and opportunities to extend electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) into…

Evaluation of Imaging Dose From Different Image Guided Systems During Head and Neck Radiotherapy: A Phantom Study Abstract This work evaluated and compared the absorbed doses to selected organs in the head and neck region from the three image guided…

Shielding activation of petawatt laser facilities in Romania: a FLUKA preliminary evaluation   Abstract The FLUKA 2011.2c code was used to evaluate the activity induced in the irradiation chamber walls by secondary charged particles emitted during th…

Natural variation of ambient dose rate in the air of Izu-Oshima Island after the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident   Abstract The ambient dose rate in air and radioactivity concentration in soil samples collected on Izu-Oshima Island wer…

Monte Carlo simulation of secondary radiation exposure from high-energy photon therapy using an anthropomorphic phantom   Abstract The development of intensity-modulated radiotherapy treatments delivering large amounts of monitor units (MUs) recently…

Non-vascular interventional procedures: effective dose to patient and equivalent dose to abdominal organs by means of DICOM images and Monte Carlo simulation   Abstract This study evaluates X-ray exposure in patient undergoing abdominal extra-vascula…

Design and fabrication of a multipurpose thyroid phantom for medical dosimetry and calibration   Abstract A multipurpose anthropomorphic neck phantom was designed and fabricated for use in medical applications. The designed neck phantom is composed o…

Influence of the phantom shape (slab, cylinder or Alderson) on the performance of an Hp(3) eye dosemeter   Abstract In the past, the operational quantity Hp(3) was defined for calibration purposes in a slab phantom. Recently, an additional phantom in…