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Testa A, Palma V, Patrono C. A NOVEL BIOLOGICAL DOSIMETRY ASSAY AS A POTENTIAL TOOL FOR TRIAGE DOSE ASSESSMENT IN CASE OF LARGE-SCALE RADIOLOGICAL EMERGENCY. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2019; 186:9-11. [PMID: 30726995 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncz001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
In case of mass radiological emergencies, new strategies involving biological and clinical endpoints are requested for an efficient triage classification of casualties. For this purpose, we developed a novel protocol combining the two most established cytogenetic methods used in biological dosimetry (dicentric and micronucleus assays) into a single one, in order to have a time-saving, inexpensive and potentially automatable instrument to be used for triage purposes in case of large-scale radiological events. This method could be considered as a 'three in one' assay allowing the simultaneous scoring of chromosome aberrations and micronuclei on a single slide, and also enabling to discriminate between metaphases in first and second cell division without the Fluorescence plus Giemsa staining. This method needs further validation through inter-comparisons involving biological dosimetry laboratories, to verify its reproducibility. Moreover, the possibility to apply the already existing software for automation for dicentric and micronucleus assays could be also verified.
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- A Testa
- ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Department for Sustainability, Division Health Protection Technologies, Via Anguillarese, 301 Rome, Italy
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- ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Department for Sustainability, Division Health Protection Technologies, Via Anguillarese, 301 Rome, Italy
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- ENEA Casaccia Research Center, Department for Sustainability, Division Health Protection Technologies, Via Anguillarese, 301 Rome, Italy
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Vinnikov VA. Optimizing the Microscopy Time Schedule for Chromosomal Dosimetry of High-dose and Partial-body Irradiations. Genome Integr 2017; 8:3. [PMID: 28250910 PMCID: PMC5320789 DOI: 10.4103/2041-9414.198908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The methodology of cytogenetic triage can be improved by optimizing a schedule of microscopy for different exposure scenarios. Chromosome aberrations were quantified by microscopy in human blood lymphocytes irradiated in vitro to ~2, 4, and 12 Gy acute 60Co γ-rays mixed with the unirradiated blood simulating 10%, 50%, 90%, and 100% exposure and in along with a sample from a homogeneous exposure to ~20 Gy. Biodosimetry workload was statistically modeled assuming that 0.5, 1, 5, or 25 h was available for scoring one case or for analysis of up to 1000 cells or 100 dicentrics plus centric rings by one operator. A strong negative correlation was established between the rates of aberration acquisition and cell recording. Calculations showed that the workload of 1 case per operator per·day (5 h of scoring by microscopy) allows dose estimates with high accuracy for either 90%–100% irradiations of 2 Gy or 50%–90% irradiations of 4–12 Gy; lethal homogeneous (100%) exposures of 12 and 20 Gy can be evaluated with just 1 h of microscopy. Triage analysis of 0.5 h scoring per case results in the minimum tolerable accuracy only for partial- and total-body exposure of 4–20 Gy. Time-related efficacy of conventional biodosimetry depends primarily on the aberration yield in the sample, which is dependent on the radiation dose and its distribution in the patient's body. An optimized schedule of microscopy scoring should be developed for different exposure scenarios in each laboratory to increase their preparedness to radiological emergencies.
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- Volodymyr A Vinnikov
- Individual Radiosensitivity Group, Grigoriev Institute for Medical Radiology of the National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Romm H, Beinke C, Garcia O, Di Giorgio M, Gregoire E, Livingston G, Lloyd DC, Martìnez-Lopez W, Moquet JE, Sugarman SL, Wilkins RC, Ainsbury EA. A New Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Image Repository for the Dicentric Assay. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2016; 172:192-200. [PMID: 27412509 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The BioDoseNet was founded by the World Health Organization as a global network of biodosimetry laboratories for building biodosimetry laboratory capacities in countries. The newly established BioDoseNet image repository is a databank of ~25 000 electronically captured images of metaphases from the dicentric assay, which have been previously analysed by international experts. The detailed scoring results and dose estimations have, in most cases, already been published. The compilation of these images into one image repository provides a valuable tool for training and research purposes in biological dosimetry. No special software is needed to view and score the image galleries. For those new to the dicentric assay, the BioDoseNet Image Repository provides an introduction to and training for the dicentric assay. It is an excellent instrument for intra-laboratory training purposes or inter-comparisons between laboratories, as recommended by the International Organization for Standardisation standards. In the event of a radiation accident, the repository can also increase the surge capacity and reduce the turnaround time for dose estimations. Finally, it provides a mechanism for the discussion of scoring discrepancies in difficult cases.
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- Horst Romm
- Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, Neuherberg, Salzgitter, Germany
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- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones, Havana, Cuba
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Kulka U, Abend M, Ainsbury E, Badie C, Barquinero JF, Barrios L, Beinke C, Bortolin E, Cucu A, De Amicis A, Domínguez I, Fattibene P, Frøvig, AM, Gregoire E, Guogyte K, Hadjidekova V, Jaworska A, Kriehuber R, Lindholm C, Lloyd D, Lumniczky K, Lyng F, Meschini R, Mörtl S, Della Monaca S, Monteiro Gil O, Montoro A, Moquet J, Moreno M, Oestreicher U, Palitti F, Pantelias G, Patrono C, Piqueret-Stephan L, Port M, Prieto MJ, Quintens R, Ricoul M, Romm H, Roy L, Sáfrány G, Sabatier L, Sebastià N, Sommer S, Terzoudi G, Testa A, Thierens H, Turai I, Trompier F, Valente M, Vaz P, Voisin P, Vral A, Woda C, Zafiropoulos D, Wojcik A. RENEB – Running the European Network of biological dosimetry and physical retrospective dosimetry. Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:2-14. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1230239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Ulrike Kulka
- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Munich, Germany
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- affiliated to Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
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- HelmholtzZentrum München, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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- Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
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- Servicio Madrileño de Salud – Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, ĹEnergia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Rome, Italy
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- PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Munich, Germany
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- Servicio Madrileño de Salud – Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- PROCyTOX, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, Fontenay-aux-Roses, and Université Paris-Saclay, Paris, France
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- Hospital Universitario y Politécnico la Fe de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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- National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, ĹEnergia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Rome, Italy
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- Universiteit Gent, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gent, Belgium
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- affiliated to National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- affiliated to Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Universiteit Gent, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Gent, Belgium
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- HelmholtzZentrum München, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Stockholm University, Centre for Radiation Protection Research, Stockholm, Sweden
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Monteiro Gil O, Vaz P, Romm H, De Angelis C, Antunes AC, Barquinero JF, Beinke C, Bortolin E, Burbidge CI, Cucu A, Della Monaca S, Domene MM, Fattibene P, Gregoire E, Hadjidekova V, Kulka U, Lindholm C, Meschini R, M’Kacher R, Moquet J, Oestreicher U, Palitti F, Pantelias G, Montoro Pastor A, Popescu IA, Quattrini MC, Ricoul M, Rothkamm K, Sabatier L, Sebastià N, Sommer S, Terzoudi G, Testa A, Trompier F, Vral A. Capabilities of the RENEB network for research and large scale radiological and nuclear emergency situations. Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:136-141. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1227107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Octávia Monteiro Gil
- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Institute of Radiobiology affiliated to the University of Ulm, Munich, Germany
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Institutul National de Sanatate Publica, Bucharest, Romania
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection (NCRRP), Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Department of Ecological & Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, PROCyTOX, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemicals and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Department of Ecological & Biological Sciences, University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
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- Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, PROCyTOX, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemicals and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, Oxfordshire, UK
- University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique, PROCyTOX, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l’Energia e lo Sviluppo Sostenibile, Rome, Italy
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Ghent University, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent, Belgium
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Romero I, Lamadrid AI, González JE, Mandina T, García O. Culture time and reagent minimization in the chemical PCC assay. Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 92:558-62. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1206236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Ivonne Romero
- Center of Radiation Protection and Hygiene, Playa, La Habana, Cuba
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- Center of Radiation Protection and Hygiene, Playa, La Habana, Cuba
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- Center of Radiation Protection and Hygiene, Playa, La Habana, Cuba
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Depuydt J, Baeyens A, Barnard S, Beinke C, Benedek A, Beukes P, Buraczewska I, Darroudi F, De Sanctis S, Dominguez I, Monteiro Gil O, Hadjidekova V, Kis E, Kulka U, Lista F, Lumniczky K, M’kacher R, Moquet J, Obreja D, Oestreicher U, Pajic J, Pastor N, Popova L, Regalbuto E, Ricoul M, Sabatier L, Slabbert J, Sommer S, Testa A, Thierens H, Wojcik A, Vral A. RENEB intercomparison exercises analyzing micronuclei (Cytokinesis-block Micronucleus Assay). Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:36-47. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1206231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Julie Depuydt
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
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- Bundeswehr Institut für Radiobiology, Universität Ulm, Munich, Germany
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Oncologie, Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, France
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
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- Institutul National de Sanatate Publica, Bucuresti, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr Dragomir Karajovic”, Radiation Protection Center, Belgrado, Serbia
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- National Center for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Oncologie, Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, France
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- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Oncologie, Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, France
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Institute Molecular Biosciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Moquet J, Barnard S, Staynova A, Lindholm C, Monteiro Gil O, Martins V, Rößler U, Vral A, Vandevoorde C, Wojewódzka M, Rothkamm K. The second gamma-H2AX assay inter-comparison exercise carried out in the framework of the European biodosimetry network (RENEB). Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:58-64. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1207822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Jayne Moquet
- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
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- National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK), Helsinki, Finland
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- Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, C2TN, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, C2TN, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Themba LABS, National Research Foundation, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Centre for Radiobiology and Biological Dosimetry, Warsaw, Poland
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
- Department of Radiotherapy & Radio-Oncology, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Gregoire E, Ainsbury L, Barrios L, Bassinet C, Fattibene P, Kulka U, Oestreicher U, Pantelias G, Terzoudi G, Trompier F, Voisin P, Vral A, Wojcik A, Roy L. The harmonization process to set up and maintain an operational biological and physical retrospective dosimetry network: QA QM applied to the RENEB network. Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:81-86. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1206232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Eric Gregoire
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France
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- Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, UK
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France
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- Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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- National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece
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- National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-Aux-Roses, France
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Kulka U, Ainsbury L, Atkinson M, Barnard S, Smith R, Barquinero JF, Barrios L, Bassinet C, Beinke C, Cucu A, Darroudi F, Fattibene P, Bortolin E, Monaca SD, Gil O, Gregoire E, Hadjidekova V, Haghdoost S, Hatzi V, Hempel W, Herranz R, Jaworska A, Lindholm C, Lumniczky K, M'kacher R, Mörtl S, Montoro A, Moquet J, Moreno M, Noditi M, Ogbazghi A, Oestreicher U, Palitti F, Pantelias G, Popescu I, Prieto MJ, Roch-Lefevre S, Roessler U, Romm H, Rothkamm K, Sabatier L, Sebastià N, Sommer S, Terzoudi G, Testa A, Thierens H, Trompier F, Turai I, Vandevoorde C, Vaz P, Voisin P, Vral A, Ugletveit F, Wieser A, Woda C, Wojcik A. Realising the European network of biodosimetry: RENEB-status quo. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2015; 164:42-5. [PMID: 25205835 PMCID: PMC4401036 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
Abstract
Creating a sustainable network in biological and retrospective dosimetry that involves a large number of experienced laboratories throughout the European Union (EU) will significantly improve the accident and emergency response capabilities in case of a large-scale radiological emergency. A well-organised cooperative action involving EU laboratories will offer the best chance for fast and trustworthy dose assessments that are urgently needed in an emergency situation. To this end, the EC supports the establishment of a European network in biological dosimetry (RENEB). The RENEB project started in January 2012 involving cooperation of 23 organisations from 16 European countries. The purpose of RENEB is to increase the biodosimetry capacities in case of large-scale radiological emergency scenarios. The progress of the project since its inception is presented, comprising the consolidation process of the network with its operational platform, intercomparison exercises, training activities, proceedings in quality assurance and horizon scanning for new methods and partners. Additionally, the benefit of the network for the radiation research community as a whole is addressed.
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- U Kulka
- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Salzgitter, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Public Health England, Chilton, UK
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- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain
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- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Valles, Spain
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Bundeswehr Institut für Radiobiologie/Universität Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- National Institute of Public Health Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- National Centre of Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Osteraas, Norway
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- Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Research and Environmental Surveillance, Helsinki, Finland
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- National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Fundación para la Investigation del Hospital Universitario la Fe de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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- Public Health England, Chilton, UK
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- Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- National Institute of Public Health Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- University of Tuscia, Viterbo, Italy
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- National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- National Institute of Public Health Romania, Bucharest, Romania
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- Servicio Madrileño de Salud, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Salzgitter, Germany
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Salzgitter, Germany
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- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Fundación para la Investigation del Hospital Universitario la Fe de la Comunidad Valenciana, Valencia, Spain
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- Instytut Chemii i Techniki Jadrowej, Warsaw, Poland
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- National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- National Research Institute for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
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- Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela LRS, Portugal
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
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- Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Osteraas, Norway
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- Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz Centre Munich, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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The cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus assay: Dose estimation and inter-individual differences in the response to γ-radiation. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2014; 760:17-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2013.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2013] [Revised: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 09/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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García O, Di Giorgio M, Vallerga MB, Radl A, Taja MR, Seoane A, De Luca J, Stuck Oliveira M, Valdivia P, Lamadrid AI, González JE, Romero I, Mandina T, Pantelias G, Terzoudi G, Guerrero-Carbajal C, Arceo Maldonado C, Espinoza M, Oliveros N, Martínez-López W, Di Tomaso MV, Méndez-Acuña L, Puig R, Roy L, Barquinero JF. Interlaboratory comparison of dicentric chromosome assay using electronically transmitted images. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2013; 154:18-25. [PMID: 22869818 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The bottleneck in data acquisition during biological dosimetry based on a dicentric assay is the need to score dicentrics in a large number of lymphocytes. One way to increase the capacity of a given laboratory is to use the ability of skilled operators from other laboratories. This can be done using image analysis systems and distributing images all around the world. Two exercises were conducted to test the efficiency of such an approach involving 10 laboratories. During the first exercise (E1), the participant laboratories analysed the same images derived from cells exposed to 0.5 and 3 Gy; 100 images were sent to all participants for both doses. Whatever the dose, only about half of the cells were complete with well-spread metaphases suitable for analysis. A coefficient of variation (CV) on the standard deviation of ∼15 % was obtained for both doses. The trueness was better for 3 Gy (0.6 %) than for 0.5 Gy (37.8 %). The number of estimated doses classified as satisfactory according to the z-score was 3 at 0.5 Gy and 8 at 3 Gy for 10 dose estimations. In the second exercise, an emergency situation was tested, each laboratory was required to score a different set of 50 images in 2 d extracted from 500 downloaded images derived from cells exposed to 0.5 Gy. Then the remaining 450 images had to be scored within a week. Using 50 different images, the CV on the estimated doses (79.2 %) was not as good as in E1, probably associated to a lower number of cells analysed (50 vs. 100) or from the fact that laboratories analysed a different set of images. The trueness for the dose was better after scoring 500 cells (22.5 %) than after 50 cells (26.8 %). For the 10 dose estimations, the number of doses classified as satisfactory according to the z-score was 9, for both 50 and 500 cells. Overall, the results obtained support the feasibility of networking using electronically transmitted images. However, before its implementation some issues should be elucidated, such as the number and resolution of the images to be sent, and the harmonisation of the scoring criteria. Additionally, a global website able to be used for the different regional networks, like Share Points, will be desirable to facilitate worldwide communication.
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- O García
- Centro de Protección e Higiene de las Radiaciones (CPHR), Calle 20 No. 4113 e/41 y 47 Miramar, 11300 La Havana, Cuba
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Kulka U, Ainsbury L, Atkinson M, Barquinero JF, Barrios L, Beinke C, Bognar G, Cucu A, Darroudi F, Fattibene P, Gil O, Gregoire E, Hadjidekova V, Haghdoost S, Herranz R, Jaworska A, Lindholm C, Mkacher R, Mörtl S, Montoro A, Moquet J, Moreno M, Ogbazghi A, Oestreicher U, Palitti F, Pantelias G, Popescu I, Prieto MJ, Romm H, Rothkamm K, Sabatier L, Sommer S, Terzoudi G, Testa A, Thierens H, Trompier F, Turai I, Vandersickel V, Vaz P, Voisin P, Vral A, Ugletveit F, Woda C, Wojcik A. Realising the European Network of Biodosimetry (RENEB). RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2012; 151:621-625. [PMID: 22923244 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In Europe, a network for biological dosimetry has been created to strengthen the emergency preparedness and response capabilities in case of a large-scale nuclear accident or radiological emergency. Through the RENEB (Realising the European Network of Biodosimetry) project, 23 experienced laboratories from 16 European countries will establish a sustainable network for rapid, comprehensive and standardised biodosimetry provision that would be urgently required in an emergency situation on European ground. The foundation of the network is formed by five main pillars: (1) the ad hoc operational basis, (2) a basis of future developments, (3) an effective quality-management system, (4) arrangements to guarantee long-term sustainability and (5) awareness of the existence of RENEB. RENEB will thus provide a mechanism for quick, efficient and reliable support within the European radiation emergency management. The scientific basis of RENEB will concurrently contribute to increased safety in the field of radiation protection.
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- U Kulka
- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Salzgitter, Germany.
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Willems P, August L, Slabbert J, Romm H, Oestreicher U, Thierens H, Vral A. Automated micronucleus (MN) scoring for population triage in case of large scale radiation events. Int J Radiat Biol 2010; 86:2-11. [DOI: 10.3109/09553000903264481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Ainsbury EA, Livingston GK, Abbott MG, Moquet JE, Hone PA, Jenkins MS, Christensen DM, Lloyd DC, Rothkamm K. Interlaboratory Variation in Scoring Dicentric Chromosomes in a Case of Partial-Body X-Ray Exposure: Implications for Biodosimetry Networking and Cytogenetic “Triage Mode” Scoring. Radiat Res 2009; 172:746-52. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1934.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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