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Otto T, Hertel NE, Bartlett DT, Behrens R, Bordy JM, Dietze G, Endo A, Gualdrini G, Pelliccioni M. The ICRU Proposal for New Operational Quantities for External Radiation. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2018; 180:10-16. [PMID: 29165634 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncx243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Report Committee 26 of the ICRU proposes a set of operational quantities for radiation protection for external radiation, directly based on effective dose and for an extended range of particles and energies. It is accompanied by quantities for estimating deterministic effects to the eye lens and the local skin. The operational quantities are designed to overcome the conceptual and technical shortcomings of those presently in use. This paper describes the proposed operational quantities, and highlights the improvements with respect to the present, legal monitoring quantities.
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- European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva, Switzerland
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- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel (LNE-LNHB), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), Japan
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- Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie, L'Energia e L'Ambiente (ENEA), Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Frascati, Italy
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Ferrari P, Gualdrini G, Tanner R, Fantuzzi E. Hp(3)/Φ conversion coefficients for neutrons: discussion on the basis of the new ICRP recommended limit for the eye lens. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2014; 161:17-22. [PMID: 24129550 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The new recommendation issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) introducing a 20-mSv annual dose limit for the eye lens stimulated an interesting debate among the radiation protection community. In the present work the problem of estimating Hp(3) for neutron realistic workplace spectra is treated, employing the recently published Hp(3)/Φ conversion coefficients with the aim of establishing a workplace-dependent relationship between Hp(10) and Hp(3). The results demonstrate that, whilst the two quantities can differ by less than 10 %, in general, Hp(10) cannot be considered a conservative estimate of Hp(3).
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute, via dei Colli 16, Bologna, BO 40136, Italy
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- ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute, via dei Colli 16, Bologna, BO 40136, Italy
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- Public Health England, CRCE, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0RQ, UK
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- ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute, via dei Colli 16, Bologna, BO 40136, Italy
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Gualdrini G, Ferrari P, Tanner R. Fluence to Hp(3) conversion coefficients for neutrons from thermal to 15 MeV. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2013; 157:278-290. [PMID: 23671134 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nct126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The recent statement on tissue reactions issued by the International Commission on Radiological Protection in April 2011 recommends a very significant reduction in the equivalent dose annual limit for the eye lens from 150 to 20 mSv y(-1); this has stimulated a lot of interest in eye lens dosimetry in the radiation protection community. Until now no conversion coefficients were available for the operational quantity Hp(3) for neutrons. The scope of the present work was to extend previous evaluations of H*(10) and Hp(10) performed at the PTB in 1995 to provide also Hp(3) data for neutrons. The present work is also intended to complete the studies carried out on photons during the last 4 y within the European Union-funded ORAMED (optimisation of radiation protection for medical staff) project.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA-IRP, Radiation Protection Institute, 16 via dei colli, Bologna (BO) 40136, Italy
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Fosco M, Gualdrini G, Ben Ayad R. The role of active immunization therapy as preoperative treatment for chronic osteomyelitis. Musculoskelet Surg 2013; 98:45-52. [PMID: 23728857 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-013-0272-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND This retrospective study was performed to assess the effectiveness of active immunostimulation therapy with bacterial immunotherapy (BIT) in treatment for chronic osteomyelitis (COM). MATERIALS AND METHODS We analyze 154 patients affected by COM and treated with BIT from 1995 to 2009 at our Institution. Using Cierny and Mader classification, patients were divided according to their clinical status and anatomic nature of septic process. The data were analyzed considering several confounding factors, such as antibiotic therapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy combined with the administration of BIT. According to clinical and radiographic parameters, patients were considered as unchanged, improved, or healed. RESULTS After a mean follow-up of 40.4 months (median 38 months), healing was achieved in 41.6 % of cases. Multivariate statistical analysis showed that patient's clinical status is the most important prognostic factor of responding (p < 0.0005) and healing (p = 0.008) after therapy. The best healing rate (62 % of cases) was achieved in patients with a normal clinical condition (Cierny-Mader group A); it was worse (20 % of cases) in those patients with a compromised clinical status (Cierny-Mader group B). There was no healing case in group C. CONCLUSIONS The results show the effectiveness of BIT in treatment of patients affected by COM with uncompromised clinical status. The use of this therapy must be assessed critically in patients with alterations in clinical conditions.
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- M Fosco
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Via Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy,
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Gualdrini G, Bordy JM, Daures J, Fantuzzi E, Ferrari P, Mariotti F, Vanhavere F. Air kerma to HP(3) conversion coefficients for photons from 10 keV to 10 MeV, calculated in a cylindrical phantom. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2013; 154:517-521. [PMID: 23097520 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncs269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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In the framework of the ORAMED project (Optimization of RAdiation protection for MEDical staff), funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme, different studies were aimed at improving the quality of radiation protection in interventional radiology and nuclear medicine. The main results of the project were presented during a final workshop held in Barcelona in January 2011, the proceedings of which are available in the open literature. One of the ORAMED tasks was focused on the problem of eye-lens photon exposure of the medical staff, a topic that gained more importance especially after the ICRP decision to lower the limiting equivalent dose to 20 mSv per year. The present technical note has the scope, besides briefly summarising the physical reasons of the proposal and the practical implications, to provide, in tabular form, a set of air kerma to Hp(3) conversion coefficients based on the adoption of a theoretical cylindrical model that is well suited for reproduction of the mass and the shape of a human head.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA, Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo economico sostenibile, 16, via dei colli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Broggio D, Bento J, Caldeira M, Cardenas-Mendez E, Farah J, Fonseca T, Konvalinka C, Liu L, Perez B, Capello K, Cowan P, Cruzate JA, Freire L, Gómez-Ros JM, Gossio S, Heide B, Huikari J, Hunt J, Kinase S, Kramer G, Kurihara O, Kyrieleis A, Lebacq AL, Leone D, Li C, Li J, Mihailescu LC, Moraleda M, Navarro JF, Oliveira C, Puerta N, Reichelt U, Simões C, Sommer D, Takahashi M, Teles P, Vanhavere F, Vrba T, Franck D, Gualdrini G, Lopez MA. Monte Carlo modelling for the in vivo lung monitoring of enriched uranium: Results of an international comparison. RADIAT MEAS 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2012.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Carnicer A, Ginjaume M, Duch M, Vanhavere F, Sans Merce M, Baechler S, Barth I, Donadille L, Ferrari P, Fulop M, Gualdrini G, Krim S, Mariotti M, Ortega X, Rimpler A, Ruiz N, Olko P. The use of different types of thermoluminescent dosimeters to measure extremity doses in nuclear medicine. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Ferrari P, Sans-Merce M, Carnicer A, Donadille L, Fulop M, Ginjaume M, Gualdrini G, Mariotti F, Ruiz N. Main results of the Monte Carlo studies carried out for nuclear medicine practices within the ORAMED project. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Sans-Merce M, Ruiz N, Barth I, Carnicer A, Donadille L, Ferrari P, Fulop M, Ginjaume M, Gualdrini G, Krim S, Mariotti F, Ortega X, Rimpler A, Vanhavere F, Baechler S. Recommendations to reduce hand exposure for standard nuclear medicine procedures. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Vanhavere F, Carinou E, Domienik J, Donadille L, Ginjaume M, Gualdrini G, Koukorava C, Krim S, Nikodemova D, Ruiz-Lopez N, Sans-Merce M, Struelens L. Measurements of eye lens doses in interventional radiology and cardiology: Final results of the ORAMED project. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Bordy J, Daures J, Denozière M, Gualdrini G, Ginjaume M, Carinou E, Vanhavere F. Proposals for the type tests criteria and calibration conditions of passive eye lens dosemeters to be used in interventional cardiology and radiology workplaces. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.07.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rimpler A, Barth I, Ferrari P, Baechler S, Carnicer A, Donadille L, Fulop M, Ginjaume M, Mariotti M, Sans-Merce M, Gualdrini G, Krim S, Ortega X, Ruiz N, Vanhavere F. Extremity exposure in nuclear medicine therapy with 90Y-labelled substances – Results of the ORAMED project. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.05.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Since the first developments of Monte Carlo radiation transport codes, the importance of solving deep penetration problems in the phase space was pointed out. Whilst natural Monte Carlo radiation transport models are rather easy and straightforward to be implemented, apart from geometry extreme complexities that could limit the modelling capabilities of the user, the possibility to obtain results with high precision and reasonable CPU time, when the scored events contributing to the response of interest are characterised by a low probability of occurrence, can be guaranteed only through biased games for which the user needs a robust expertise. The present paper wanted to present in a concise way the main aspects of the variance reduction techniques and some practical application to help the users in becoming more familiar with such a necessary tool.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA, IRP-Radiation Protection Institute, 16 via dei Colli I-40136, Bologna, Italy.
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Mariotti F, Gualdrini G. Extremity dosimetry problems during the handling of radionuclides syringes in nuclear medicine: A Monte Carlo radiation transport simplified approach. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mariotti F, Gualdrini G, Fantuzzi E, Ferrari P, Monteventi F. A new proposal on the operational quantity Hp(3): Monte Carlo and experimental results. RADIAT MEAS 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2011.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Mariotti F, Fantuzzi E, Morelli B, Gualdrini G, Botta MC, Uleri G, Bordy JM, Denoziere M. ENEA extremity dosemeter based on LiF(Mg,Cu,P) to evaluate Hp(3,alpha). Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2011; 144:187-191. [PMID: 21224262 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Recent epidemiological studies suggest a rather low-dose threshold (<0.5 Gy) for the induction of a cataract of the eye lens. Some other studies even assume that there is no threshold at all. Therefore, protection measures have to be optimised and current dose limits for the eye lens may be reduced in the future. ICRP Publication 103 on H(p)(d), in §(136), reads that '… a depth d = 3 mm has been proposed for the rare case of monitoring the dose to the lens of the eye. In practice, however, H(p)(3) has rarely been monitored and H(p)(0.07) can be used for the same monitoring purpose… '. As recommended on the EU 'Technical recommendations for monitoring individuals occupationally exposed to external radiation', a test on the ENEA TL extremity dosemeter is herein reported. The results within the actual EU founded Optimization of RAdiation protection for MEDical staff (ORAMED) Project, whose WP2 is aimed at the quantity H(p)(3) and eye lens dosimetry in practice, are taken into account. The paper summarises the main aspects of the study carried out at ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute (Bologna, Italy) to provide practical solutions (in the use and the design) to evaluate the response of the ENEA TL extremity dosemeter in terms of H(p)(3).
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- F Mariotti
- ENEA Radiation Protection Institute, Via dei Colli 16 I-40136, Bologna, Italy
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Sans Merce M, Ruiz N, Barth I, Carnicer A, Donadille L, Ferrari P, Fulop M, Ginjaume M, Gualdrini G, Krim S, Mariotti F, Ortega X, Rimpler A, Vanhavere F, Baechler S. Extremity exposure in nuclear medicine: preliminary results of a European study. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2011; 144:515-520. [PMID: 21233097 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The Work Package 4 of the ORAMED project, a collaborative project (2008-11) supported by the European Commission within its seventh Framework Programme, is concerned with the optimisation of the extremity dosimetry of medical staff in nuclear medicine. To evaluate the extremity doses and dose distributions across the hands of medical staff working in nuclear medicine departments, an extensive measurement programme has been started in 32 nuclear medicine departments in Europe. This was done using a standard protocol recording all relevant information for radiation exposure, i.e. radiation protection devices and tools. This study shows the preliminary results obtained for this measurement campaign. For diagnostic purposes, the two most-used radionuclides were considered: (99m)Tc and (18)F. For therapeutic treatments, Zevalin(®) and DOTATOC (both labelled with (90)Y) were chosen. Large variations of doses were observed across the hands depending on different parameters. Furthermore, this study highlights the importance of the positioning of the extremity dosemeter for a correct estimate of the maximum skin doses.
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- M Sans Merce
- Institute of Radiation Physics, University Hospital Center of Lausanne, Grand-pré 1, 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Gualdrini G, Mariotti F, Wach S, Bilski P, Denoziere M, Daures J, Bordy JM, Ferrari P, Monteventi F, Fantuzzi E. Eye lens dosimetry: task 2 within the ORAMED project. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2011; 144:473-477. [PMID: 21335629 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The ORAMED (Optimization of RAdiation protection for MEDical staff) project is funded by EU-EURATOM within the 7° Framework Programme. Task 2 of the project is devoted to study the dose to the eye lens. The study was subdivided into various topics, starting from a critical revision of the operational quantity H(p)(3), with the corresponding proposal of a cylindrical phantom simulating as best as possible the head in which the eyes are located, the production of a complete set of air kerma to dose equivalent conversion coefficients for photons from 10 keV to 10 MeV, and finally, the optimisation of the design of a personal dosemeter well suited to respond in terms of H(p)(3). The paper presents some preliminary results.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA-IRP Radiation Protection Institute, Via dei Colli 16, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Bordy JM, Gualdrini G, Daures J, Mariotti F. Principles for the design and calibration of radiation protection dosemeters for operational and protection quantities for eye lens dosimetry. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2011; 144:257-261. [PMID: 21362692 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncr010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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The work package two of the ORAMED project--Collaborative Project (2008-2011) supported by the European Commission within its seventh Framework Programme--is devoted to the study of the eye lens dosimetry. A first approach is to implement the use of H(p)(3) by providing new sets of conversion coefficients and well suited calibration and type test procedures. This approach is presented in other papers in the proceedings of this conference. Taking into account that the eye lens is an organ close to the surface of the body, another approach would be to directly estimate the absorbed dose to the eye lens, D(lens,est) through a special calibration procedure although this quantity is not directly measurable. This paper is a methodological paper that tries to identify the critical aspects of a dosimetry in terms of D(lens).
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- J M Bordy
- CEA, LIST, Laboratoire National Henri Becquerel, LNE, F91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France.
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Ferrari P, Venturi G, Gualdrini G, Rossi PL, Mariselli M, Zannoli R. Evaluation of the dose to the patient and medical staff in interventional cardiology employing computational models. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2010; 141:82-85. [PMID: 20457663 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncq145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Interventional radiology, among guided X-rays procedures, is a methodology characterised by high level of doses, both for the patient and for the medical staff. The aim of the present study is to estimate the dose associated with coronary angiography procedures by means of numerical models (simplified and anthropomorphic) and MCNPX Monte Carlo code. Numerical estimates were supported by measurement performed with a dose area product meter that is commonly employed in such kind of studies. In the present work the main considerations and the preliminary results are presented.
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Radiation Protection Institute, 16 Via dei Colli, 40136 Bologna, Italy
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Spina M, Gualdrini G, Fosco M, Giunti A. Knee arthrodesis with the Ilizarov external fixator as treatment for septic failure of knee arthroplasty. J Orthop Traumatol 2010; 11:81-8. [PMID: 20425133 PMCID: PMC2896581 DOI: 10.1007/s10195-010-0089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2009] [Accepted: 03/28/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The authors report the results of femoral-tibial fusion with an Ilizarov circular external fixator following septic loosening of knee prosthesis. MATERIALS AND METHODS The series included 17 patients with a mean age of 62.9 years, treated from 1990 to 2007 with femoral-tibial fusion. The Cierny-Mader classification was used for clinical and anatomopathological evaluation; the Engh classification was used to assess the bone defect. Surgical treatment differed according to these criteria. RESULTS Healing was achieved in 13 out of 17 patients at the first surgical attempt in a mean time of 9.3 months. Mean follow-up was 30 months. Of the four complications, two patients had an intolerance to the external fixator that led to its early removal, and the other two had a septic intraarticular nonunion. CONCLUSIONS The Ilizarov circular external fixator is a very reliable fixation system due to its low cost, versatility, stability under load, and low risk of septic dissemination. Nevertheless, an appropriate patient selection and a good surgeon's experience are necessary.
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- VII Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Rizzoli Orthopedic Institute, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
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Sabbioni G, Del Piccolo N, Gualdrini G. Chronic recurrent multifocal and aspecific osteomyelitis: a case report. Musculoskelet Surg 2010; 94:45-7. [PMID: 20127430 DOI: 10.1007/s12306-009-0050-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2009] [Accepted: 11/12/2009] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Chronic recurrent multifocal and unspecific osteomyelitis (CRMUO) is a severe form of chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis. Lesions can be found anywhere in the skeleton, in young patients, such as children or adolescents, chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis often affects the metaphyses of the long bones. Furthermore, other organs like skin, eyes and gastrointestinal tract can also be affected. Because of symptoms and course of disease vary in significant way, a clinical diagnosis is often difficult. The radiographic appearance suggests subacute or chronic osteomyelitis. CRMUO may mimic acute hematogenous osteomyelitis, but bacterial culture are usually negative and nonspecific histopathological and laboratory findings are present. This kind of osteomyelitis is often diagnosed by exclusion of the two main differential diagnoses-bacterial infections and tumor-by assessing for a characteristic course and the findings by conventional radiography, if necessary supplemented by scintigraphy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The MRI appearance of CRMUO lesions in tubular bones and the spine is often rather characteristic and can support the diagnosis. It is important to diagnose CRMUO to avoid unnecessary diagnostic procedures or therapy, and initiate an appropriate one. We present a case report of a 44-year-old woman diagnosed with CRMUO involving both femurs.
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- G Sabbioni
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Bologna, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Via Pupilli 1, 40136, Bologna, Italy.
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Gualdrini G, Tanner RJ, Agosteo S, Pola A, Bedogni R, Ferrari P, Lacoste V, Bordy JM, Chartier JL, de Carlan L, Gomez Ros JM, Grosswendt B, Kodeli I, Price RA, Rollet S, Schultz F, Siebert B, Terrissol M, Zankl M. Analysis of the CONRAD computational problems expressing only stochastic uncertainties: neutrons and protons. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2008; 131:7-14. [PMID: 18782783 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Within the scope of CONRAD (A Coordinated Action for Radiation Dosimetry) Work Package 4 on Computational Dosimetry jointly collaborated with the other research actions on internal dosimetry, complex mixed radiation fields at workplaces and medical staff dosimetry. Besides these collaborative actions, WP4 promoted an international comparison on eight problems with their associated experimental data. A first set of three problems, the results of which are herewith summarised, dealt only with the expression of the stochastic uncertainties of the results: the analysis of the response function of a proton recoil telescope detector, the study of a Bonner sphere neutron spectrometer and the analysis of the neutron spectrum and dosimetric quantity H(p)(10) in a thermal neutron facility operated by IRSN Cadarache (the SIGMA facility). A second paper will summarise the results of the other five problems which dealt with the full uncertainty budget estimate. A third paper will present the results of a comparison on in vivo measurements of the (241)Am bone-seeker nuclide distributed in the knee. All the detailed papers will be presented in the WP4 Final Workshop Proceedings.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA, Ente per le Nuove tecnologie, l'Energia e l'Ambiente, ION-IRP, Via dei Colli 16, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Gómez-Ros JM, de Carlan L, Franck D, Gualdrini G, Lis M, López MA, Moraleda M, Zankl M. Analysis of a computational problem involving complex voxel geometries. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2008; 131:24-27. [PMID: 18718962 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncn216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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This communication briefly summarises the results obtained from the 'International comparison on MC modeling for in vivo measurement of Americium in a knee phantom' organised within the EU Coordination Action CONRAD (Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry) as a joint initiative of EURADOS working groups 6 (computational dosimetry) and 7 (internal dosimetry). Monte Carlo simulations using the knee voxel phantom proved to be a viable approach to provide the calibration factor needed for in vivo measurements.
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- J M Gómez-Ros
- Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas Medioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT), Av. Complutense 22, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Bedogni R, Esposito A, Gentile A, Angelone M, Gualdrini G. Determination and validation of a response matrix for a passive Bonner sphere spectrometer based on gold foils. RADIAT MEAS 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gómez-Ros J, de Carlan L, Franck D, Gualdrini G, Lis M, López M, Moraleda M, Zankl M, Badal A, Capello K, Cowan P, Ferrari P, Heide B, Henniger J, Hooley V, Hunt J, Kinase S, Kramer G, Löhnert D, Lucas S, Nuttens V, Packer L, Reichelt U, Vrba T, Sempau J, Zhang B. Monte Carlo modelling of Germanium detectors for the measurement of low energy photons in internal dosimetry: Results of an international comparison. RADIAT MEAS 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Ferrari P, Gualdrini G, Bedogni R, Fantuzzi E, Monteventi F, Morelli B. Personal dosimetry in terms of HP(3): Monte Carlo and experimental studies. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 125:145-8. [PMID: 17261537 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Hp(3) has been defined as the operational quantity for eye lens dosimetry. Hp(3)/ka conversion coefficients were evaluated at the GSF (Germany) in a 30x30x15 cm3 4-elements ICRU slab phantom for various energies and incident angles through Monte Carlo. The ISO report 12,794 suggests to employ a PMMA water filled phantom, of the same dimensions, for dosemeter calibration in terms of Hp(3). The present paper briefly summarises the main aspects of a study carried out at ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute (Bologna, Italy) to provide practical procedures for the calibration of dosemeters in terms of Hp(3). Tabulations of a new set conversion coefficients and air kerma backscatter factors are provided as a function of energy and incident angle. The paper demonstrates that a more accurate approach to the dosimetric assessment in terms of Hp(3) could be rather simply introduced employing a reduced phantom.
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-ION-IRP Radiation Protection Institute ENEA-ION-IRP Radiation Protection Institute, Via dei Colli 16, 40136, Bologna (BO), Italy.
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Anthropomorphic computational models coupled with radiation transport codes are valuable tools in radiation protection dosimetry. In particular, they are very reliable for the estimate of the energy absorbed by different organs due to an incorporated radionuclide. MIRD-based stylised analytical models are widely accepted as standards but the recent generation of voxel phantoms, developed on real anatomical data derived from tomographic images, can represent a valid alternative for radiation protection and dosimetry purposes. Specific absorbed fraction evaluation and patient-specific dose estimate in nuclear medicine and radiotherapy could be considered as the optimal area for their implementation and use. On the other hand, the accuracy of organ and body structure representation guarantees an improved dose evaluation system also for radiation protection purposes in the workplace in case of accidental internal contamination. In the present work the voxel model NORMAN-05, a modified version of NORMAN (HPA, UK) model, has been employed with the Monte Carlo code MCNPX. Some preliminary investigations were carried out to evaluate the absorbed fractions for a series of source-target organ couples in case of gamma emitters and the organ absorbed doses in case of 90Sr incorporation. The paper summarises the main preliminary outcomes of such studies.
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-BAS-ION-Radiation Protection Institute, 16 V.dei Colli, 40136 Bologna (BO), Italy.
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Gualdrini G, Ferrari P. Preliminary studies on neutron conversion coefficients calculated with MCNPX in NORMAN voxel phantom. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 126:449-52. [PMID: 17502319 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Effective dose is the main radiation protection quantity. Progresses in radiation studies brought ICRP to revise ICRP 60 recommendations. A new publication, already circulated in form of draft, is expected to change some aspects of effective dose evaluation method. The organ absorbed doses for neutrons at various energies and incidence angles, necessary to estimate the effective dose, have been published in ICRU 57 and ICRP 74 reports for ADAM and EVA analytical male and female phantoms and similar calculations were also performed, based on the MCNP code, for VIP-MAN voxel phantom. The NORMAN voxel phantom, developed on the basis of magnetic resonance data of an adult male at HPA (formerly NRPB), is an accurate model (with a voxel element of approximately 8 mm(3)), which well approximates the standard man and has been already employed for radiation protection studies with photons. In the present paper, a modified version, called NORMAN-05, including a new organ, the salivary glands (as suggested in the mentioned ICRP draft), and a more detailed skeletal description, especially devoted to red bone marrow dose evaluation, has been employed with the Monte Carlo code MCNPX to calculate neutron conversion coefficients from thermal energies to 20 MeV. Some preliminary results, for antero-posterior and postero-anterior irradiation conditions, are presented and compared with the available published data.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA - Radiation Protection Institute, 16 V.dei Colli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Gualdrini G. Monte Carlo modeling for individual monitoring. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 125:139-44. [PMID: 17533157 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Thanks to the continuously increasing computer power, Monte Carlo techniques are progressively playing a key role in radiation dosimetry, in the field of dose assessment from internal and external exposures. Internal dosimetry aspects are presented in a separate paper in the same issue. For external exposure, individual monitoring techniques provide suitable tools to estimate the personal dose equivalent Hp(d), that should be a conservative estimate of the effective dose. Personal dosemeters should be designed and type tested in terms of Hp(d) and also irradiations facilities should be characterised in terms of the same operational quantity. This paper provides a concise overview on the role played by monte Carlo techniques in the field.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA-ION-IRP Radiation Protection Institute Via dei Colli 16, 40136, Bologna (BO), Italy.
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Ferrari P, Gualdrini G, Nava E, Burn KW. Preliminary evaluations of the undesirable patient dose from a BNCT treatment at the ENEA-TAPIRO reactor. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 126:636-9. [PMID: 17704505 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is an experimental technique for the treatment of certain kinds of tumors. Research in BNCT is performed utilizing both thermal and epithermal neutron beams. Epithermal neutrons (0.4 eV-10 keV) penetrate more deeply into tissue and are thus used in non-superficial clinical applications such as the brain glioma. In the last few years, the fast reactor TAPIRO (ENEA-Casaccia Rome) has been employed as a neutron source for research into BNCT applications. Recently, an 'epithermal therapeutic column' has been designed and its construction has been completed. The Monte Carlo code MCNPX was employed to optimize the design of the column and to evaluate the dose profiles and the therapeutic parameters in the cranium of the anthropomorphic phantom ADAM. In the same context, some preliminary evaluations of the undesirable doses to the patient were performed with MCNPX. A hermaphrodite phantom derived from ADAM and EVA was employed to evaluate the energy deposition in some organs during a standard BNCT treatment. The total dose consists of the contributions from the primary neutron beam, the neutron interactions with boron and the neutron induced photons generated in the epithermal column structures and in the patient's tissues. The paper summarizes the computational procedure and provides a general dosimetric framework of the patient radiological protection aspects related to a BNCT treatment scenario at the TAPIRO reactor.
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-Radiation Protection Institute, Bologna, Italy.
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Burn KW, Daffara C, Gualdrini G, Pierantoni M, Ferrari P. Treating voxel geometries in radiation protection dosimetry with a patched version of the Monte Carlo codes MCNP and MCNPX. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 123:345-53. [PMID: 17038404 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The question of Monte Carlo simulation of radiation transport in voxel geometries is addressed. Patched versions of the MCNP and MCNPX codes are developed aimed at transporting radiation both in the standard geometry mode and in the voxel geometry treatment. The patched code reads an unformatted FORTRAN file derived from DICOM format data and uses special subroutines to handle voxel-to-voxel radiation transport. The various phases of the development of the methodology are discussed together with the new input options. Examples are given of employment of the code in internal and external dosimetry and comparisons with results from other groups are reported.
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- K W Burn
- ENEA-Italian National Agency for Energy, New Technologies and the Environment, FIS-NUC, V.M.M. Sole 4, 40129 Bologna, Italy
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Gómez-Ros JM, de Carlan L, Franck D, Gualdrini G, Lis M, López MA, Moraleda M, Zankl M. Monte Carlo modelling for in vivo measurements of Americium in a knee voxel phantom: general criteria for an international comparison. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 127:245-8. [PMID: 17848385 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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The general criteria and the scientific approach adopted for an 'International comparison on Monte Carlo modelling for in vivo measurement of Americium in a knee phantom' that is being organised within the EU Coordination Action CONRAD (Coordinated Network for Radiation Dosimetry) are described her. Detection system and a knee voxel phantom based on a computerised axial tomography of the Spitz anthropometric knee phantom with a homogeneous distribution of 241Am in bone have been considered for the simulation of three specific situations: (a) a single Low Energy Germanium detector for a point 241Am source in air; (b) the calculation of photon fluence spectra in air around the voxel phantom; and (c) the calculation of the energy distribution of pulses and peak detection efficiency in the real detection system geometry.
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- J M Gómez-Ros
- CIEMAT, Avenida Complutense 22, E-28040 Madrid, Spain.
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Ferrari P, Gualdrini G. Fluence to organ dose conversion coefficients calculated with the voxel model NORMAN-05 and the MCNPX Monte Carlo code for external monoenergetic photons from 20 keV to 100 MeV. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2007; 123:295-317. [PMID: 17110387 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Photons conversion coefficients from 20 keV to 100 MeV have been calculated with the voxel model NORMAN-05 using the MCNPX code. Both kerma approximation and electronic transport were employed and the results compared with published data. In the near future, ICRP group DOCAL will issue a new computational model, based on the GSF-GOLEM, which is intended to be the reference adult male voxel model for ICRP. NORMAN-05 well approximates the western-caucasian standard man characteristics, in terms of body height (176 cm) and mass (73 kg) and masses of the organs. It is not intended to substitute, or to be an alternative, to the future official ICRP voxel model, but thanks to its accuracy and its "standard man structure" can be useful to evaluate the intrinsic uncertainties associated with the dose quantities evaluated adopting different voxel models. For such reason data obtained with NORMAN-05 could be easily compared with those that will be derived from the future ICRP model.
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-BAS-ION-IRP Radiation Protection Institute, 16 Via dei Colli, 40137 Bologna (Bo), Italy
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The radiation doses received by individuals from radionuclides which enter the human body cannot be measured directly but must be inferred. In these calculations, several measurable quantities (such as the internal whole body burden or urine daily excretion) and quantities derived from models are employed. The Radiation Protection Quantities for internal dosimetry are, in principle, the same as for external dosimetry with the addition of quantities taking into account that the doses in the body are protracted. Other parameters are also necessary for the dose assessment, such as the SAFs (Specific Absorbed Fractions). All these quantities are calculated using Monte Carlo codes and complex anthropomorphic phantoms. Monte Carlo codes are also widely employed as useful tools during the calibration procedure for in vivo measurements. This paper summarises the role played by Monte Carlo modelling in these fields.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA-BAS-ION-IRP Radiation Protection Institute Via dei Colli 16, 40136, Bologna (BO), Italy.
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Moro D, Colautti P, Gualdrini G, Masi M, Conte V, De Nardo L, Tornielli G. Two miniaturised TEPCS in a single detector for BNCT microdosimetry. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2006; 122:396-400. [PMID: 17251248 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Microdosimetry with tissue-equivalent proportional counters (TEPC) has proven to be an ideal dosimetry technique for mixed radiation fields as those ones used in boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). A new counter, composed of two twin cylindrical mini TEPCs inserted in a slim titanium sleeve of 2.7 mm external diameter, has been constructed. The detector has been designed to perform dosimetry and microdosimetry in intense radiation fields. The two mini TEPCs work in gas flow mode. They have right cylinder sensitive volumes of 0.9 mm. In spite of gas line tiny sizes, the gas pressure inside the two counters is well established with <1% of uncertainty. The counter has been calibrated in a secondary standard photon fields. The mean of the effective sensitive volume sizes has been measured to be 0.86 mm. The twin TEPC acquisition system processes properly the signals up to about 30 kHz of counting rate. Therefore, twin TEPC can perform dosimetric measurements in photon field with intensities of some tens of Gy h(-1).
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- D Moro
- INFN Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro, viale dell'Università 2, I-35020 Legnaro, Padova, Italy.
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Price RA, Gualdrini G, Agosteo S, Ménard S, Chartier JL, Grosswendt B, Kodeli I, Leuthold GP, Siebert BRL, Tagziria H, Tanner RJ, Terrissol M, Zankl M. Pitfalls and modelling inconsistencies in computational radiation dosimetry: lessons learnt from the QUADOS intercomparison. Part II: Photons, electrons and protons. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2006; 118:155-66. [PMID: 16517568 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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'QUADOS', a concerted action of the European Commission, has promoted an intercomparison aimed at evaluating the use of computational codes for dosimetry in radiation protection and medical physics. This intercomparison was open to all users of radiation transport codes. Eight problems were selected for their relevance to the radiation dosimetry community, five of which involved photon and proton transport. This paper focuses on a discussion of lessons learned from the participation in solving the photon and charged particle problems. The lessons learned from the participation in solving the neutron problems are presented in a companion paper (in this issue).
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- R A Price
- City University, Department of Radiography, Charterhouse Square, London, UK.
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Siebert BRL, Tanner RJ, Chartier JL, Agosteo S, Grosswendt B, Gualdrini G, Ménard S, Kodeli I, Leuthold GP, Price RA, Tagziria H, Terrissol M, Zankl M. Pitfalls and modelling inconsistencies in computational radiation dosimetry: lessons learnt from the QUADOS intercomparison. Part I: Neutrons and uncertainties. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2006; 118:144-54. [PMID: 16698968 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncl013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The QUADOS EU cost shared action conducted an intercomparison on the usage of numerical methods in radiation protection and dosimetry. The eight problems proposed were intended to test the usage of Monte Carlo and deterministic methods by assessing the accuracy with which the codes are applied and also the methods used to evaluate uncertainty in the answer gained through these methods. The overall objective was to spread good practice through the community and give users information on how to assess the uncertainties associated with their calculated results.
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In recent years voxel phantoms have been developed on the basis of tomographic data of real individuals allowing new sets of conversion coefficients to be calculated for effective dose. Progress in radiation studies brought ICRP to revise its recommendations and a new report, already circulated in draft form, is expected to change the actual effective dose evaluation method. In the present paper the voxel phantom NORMAN developed at HPA, formerly NRPB, was employed with MCNP Monte Carlo code. A modified version of the phantom, NORMAN-05, was developed to take into account the new set of tissues and weighting factors proposed in the cited ICRP draft. Air kerma to organ equivalent dose and effective dose conversion coefficients for antero-posterior and postero-anterior parallel photon beam irradiations, from 20 keV to 10 MeV, have been calculated and compared with data obtained in other laboratories using different numerical phantoms. Obtained results are in good agreement with published data with some differences for the effective dose calculated employing the proposed new tissue weighting factors set in comparison with previous evaluations based on the ICRP 60 report.
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- P Ferrari
- ENEA-Ente Nuove Tecnologie Energia e Ambiente, ION-IRP, V dei Colli 16, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Gualdrini G, Agosteo S, Ménard S, Price RA, Chartier JL, Grosswendt B, Kodeli I, Leuthold GP, Siebert BRL, Tagziria H, Tanner RJ, Terrissol M, Zankl M. QUADOS intercomparison: a summary of photon and charged particle problems. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2005; 115:587-99. [PMID: 16381790 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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QUADOS, a Concerted Action of the European Commission, has promoted an intercomparison aimed at evaluating the use of computational codes for dosimetry in radiation protection and medical physics. This intercomparison was open to all users of radiation transport codes. Eight problems were selected for their relevance to the radiation dosimetry community, five of which involved photon and proton transport. This paper focuses on the analysis of the photon and charged particle problems. The neutron problems were presented in a paper at the NEUDOS9 conference.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA ION-IRP, Via dei Colli 16, I-40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Gualdrini G, Bassi A, Fravisini M, Giunti A. Bone with cement and antibiotic: antibiotic release in vitro. Chir Organi Mov 2005; 90:23-9. [PMID: 16422226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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It was the purpose of the study to evaluate morcellized bone with cement and antibiotic release mixed with vancomycin and methylmethacrylate cement (PMMA). The aim of the study is part of a wider one aimed at verifying the possibility of using this composite for the treatment of chronic septic pathologies of the bone. Five cylinders 1 cm in height by 1 cm in diameter, formed by morcellized bone with cement and vancomycin were immersed in plasma and 5 in physiological solution. Three cylinders equal in size but formed by cement and antibiotic alone were immersed in plasma and 3 in physiological solution. All of the cylinders remained in immersion for 28 days at a temperature of 37 degrees C. The immersion fluids were changed every day during the first week and on days 14, 21 and 28. The quantity of vancomycin released was dosed in each specimen. The greatest and most constant release of antibiotic took place in the cylinders of morcellized bone, cement and antibiotic immersed in plasma.
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- G Gualdrini
- VII Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Banca del tessuto muscolo-scheletrico Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna.
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Gualdrini G, Bedogni R, Fantuzzi E, Mariotti F. The ENEA criticality accident dosimetry system: a contribution to the 2002 international intercomparison at the SILENE reactor. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2004; 110:465-469. [PMID: 15353692 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The present paper summarises the activity carried out at the ENEA Radiation Protection Institute for updating the methodologies employed for the evaluation of the neutron and photon dose to the exposed workers in case of a criticality accident, in the framework of the 'International Intercomparison of Criticality Accident Dosimetry Systems' (Silène reactor, IRSN-CEA-Valduc June 2002). The evaluation of the neutron spectra and the neutron dosimetric quantities relies on activation detectors and on unfolding algorithms. Thermoluminescent detectors are employed for the gamma dose measurement. The work is aimed at accurately characterising the measurement system and, at the same time, testing the algorithms. Useful spectral information were included, based on Monte Carlo simulations, to take into account the potential accident scenarios of practical interest. All along this exercise intercomparison a particular attention was devoted to the 'traceability' of all the experimental and computational parameters and therefore, aimed at an easy treatment by the user.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA--Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment Radiation Protection Institute, 16, via dei Colli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Tanner RJ, Chartier JL, Siebert BRL, Agosteo S, Grosswendt B, Gualdrini G, Kodeli I, Leuthold GP, Ménard S, Price RA, Tagziria H, Terrissol M, Zankl M. Intercomparison on the usage of computational codes in radiation dosimetry. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2004; 110:769-780. [PMID: 15353746 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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'QUADOS', a Concerted Action of the European Commission, has run an intercomparison aimed at evaluating the use of computational codes for dosimetry in radiation protection and medical physics. This intercomparison was open to all users of Monte Carlo, analytic and semi-analytic codes or deterministic methods. Its main aim was to provide a snapshot of the methods and codes currently in use. It also intended to furnish information on the methods used to assess the reliability of computational results and disseminate 'good practice' throughout the radiation dosimetry community. Eight problems were selected for their relevance to the radiation dosimetry community, three of which involve neutron transport. This paper focuses on the analysis of the neutron problems.
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- R J Tanner
- NRPB, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon OX11 0RQ, UK.
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Gualdrini G, Bedogni R, Monteventi F. Developing a thermal neutron irradiation system for the calibration of personal dosemeters in terms of Hp(10). Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2004; 110:43-48. [PMID: 15353619 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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At the ENEA Radiation Protection Institute in Bologna a thermal neutron irradiation facility is available for the calibration of neutron dosemeters. It consists of a 1 m x 1 m x 1 m polyethylene cube containing three 241Am-Be sources of about 185 GBq. The cube contains three co-axial cylindrical calibration cavities of different dimension. Due to their limited dimensions, the cavities do not allow the calibration of thermal neutron personal dosemeters in terms of Personal Dose Equivalent Hp(d), that should be carried out on the 30 cm x 30 cm x 15 cm ISO phantom. The study herewith presented was addressed at adapting the facility for external irradiation of personal dosemeters on the ISO phantom. Extensive Monte Carlo studies were carried out to characterise the neutron fluence spatial distribution along the front face of the phantom. A satisfying neutron field homogeneity within the measurement area has been obtained by means of a pyramidal polyethylene fluence flattening filter and the selection of the proper cube to phantom distance. This new irradiation set-up was experimentally tested through measurements with activation foils, according to the spatial mapping array taken from the calculations.
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- G Gualdrini
- ENEA--Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and the Environment, Radiation Protection Institute, 16, via dei Colli, 40136 Bologna, Italy.
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Calamosca M, Penzo S, Gualdrini G. The features of the new radon gas CR-39 dosemeter developed at the ENEA Institute of Radioprotection. RADIAT MEAS 2003. [DOI: 10.1016/s1350-4487(03)00127-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We studied a teleconsulting service for second opinions in orthopaedics. Three units of the national insurance organization for accidents at work were connected to a large orthopaedic hospital in Bologna. During a 20-month study, 65 consultations were provided: 51 (78%) by asynchronous (store-and-forward) consulting and 14 (22%) by realtime videoconferencing. All the consultations made use of radiology images (radiographs, computerized tomography scans, magnetic resonance imaging scans and ultrasound scans). Video-messages and still images were commonly used to support the asynchronous consultations. More data were transmitted on average for an asynchronous teleconsultation (8 MByte) than in a videoconference (5 MByte). The average time spent by orthopaedic specialists was slightly longer in videoconferences (21 min, SD 8) than in asynchronous teleconsultations (19 min, SD 8). The clinicians confidence in their diagnosis was generally good but was lower in asynchronous consultations. The main problem affecting the telemedicine service was the lack or the low quality of the information received from the referring sites. The clinical complexity of the case and the organizational requirements were declared to be the main factors affecting the choice of consulting procedure. The study showed that the asynchronous method was preferred in the majority of cases and could be easily integrated into clinical practice, although there were some concerns about the diagnostic quality of the information transmitted.
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- F Baruffaldi
- Laboratorio di Tecnologia Medica, Istituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.
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Gualdrini G, Stagni C, Fravisini M, Giunti A. Infected nonunion of the femur. Chir Organi Mov 2002; 87:225-33. [PMID: 12847791] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/03/2023]
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From 1988 to 2000, 21 patients with infected nonunion were treated by wide resection of the nonunion site and fixation with Ilizarov's external ring fixator. Of the 21 cases, 2 are still under treatment. 18 cases resolved. In two cases iterative fracture occurred, which was successfully treated by internal fixation. One case treated by external fixator failed; any further attempts at surgery were abandoned, and the patient was put in a brace. The ring fixator enabled a sufficiently wide resection to remove the infection. It also provided stability for long periods of time, unrestricted weight bearing, and, after resolution, the same set up was used to restore the femur to its original length by corticotomy and distraction according to Ilizarov.
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- G Gualdrini
- VII Divisione di Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna
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