Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering Volume 23 Issue 3

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On the prediction of X-ray dose deviations and the influence of CT scan protocols

Du Plessis, Freek CP

2017 Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

doi:10.1515/pjmpe-2017-0009

AbstractPatients undergoing computerized tomography (CT) scans for tumor localization and treatment planning are frequently scanned using pre-set customized exposure protocols for optimal imaging of different anatomical sites. The question arises if these scanning protocols will produce a...

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Dosimetric proprieties of FBX dosimeter for high energy photon and electron beams

Moussous, Ouiza; Medjadj, Toufik; Khoudri, Saad

2017 Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

doi:10.1515/pjmpe-2017-0010

AbstractThe aim of this work is to characterize the ferrous sulfate-benzoic acid-xylenol orange (FBX) aqueous chemical dosimeter developed at our laboratory, prepared using ultra pure water, by measuring the absorption spectrum, dose response curve, precision and accuracy, energy and dose rate...

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Neutron and photon scattering properties of high density concretes used in radiation therapy facilities: A Monte Carlo study

Mesbahi, Asghar; Khaldari, Rezvan

2017 Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

doi:10.1515/pjmpe-2017-0011

AbstractIn the current study the neutron and photon scattering properties of some newly developed high density concretes (HDCs) were calculated by using MCNPX Monte Carlo code. Five high-density concretes including Steel-Magnetite, Barite, Datolite-Galena, Ilmenite-ilmenite, Magnetite-Lead with...

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Patient dose measurement in common medical X-ray examinations and propose the first local dose reference levels to diagnostic radiology in Iran

Rasuli, Behrouz; Tabari Juybari, Raheleh; Forouzi, Meysam; Ghorbani, Mohammad

2017 Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

doi:10.1515/pjmpe-2017-0012

AbstractIntroduction: The main purpose of this study was to investigate patient dose in pelvic and abdomen x-ray examinations. This work also provided the LDRLs (local diagnostic reference levels) in Khuzestan region, southwest of Iran to help establish the NDRLs (national diagnostic reference...

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Effective and organ doses from common CT examinations in one general hospital in Tehran, Iran

Khoramian, Daryoush; Hashemi, Bijan

2017 Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

doi:10.1515/pjmpe-2017-0013

AbstractPurpose: It is well known that the main portion of artificial sources of ionizing radiation to human results from X-ray imaging techniques. However, reports carried out in various countries have indicated that most of their cumulative doses from artificial sources are due to CT...

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