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A practical approach to perform the isotropy test for extremity dosemeters
Gultresa Colomer, Joan; Llansana, Jordi; Roig Costa, Maria; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2016-09-01)
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Accés obertThe requirements for determining extremity dosemeter performance have evolved over the past decade. In 2010, the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) adopted a national protocol with performance requirements based on ISO ... -
Active personal dosemeters in interventional radiology: Tests in laboratory conditions and in hospitals
Vanhavere, F.; Tosic, M.; Sans-Merce, M.; Struelens, L.; Martin, P.; Lebacq, A.L; Krim, S.; Koukorava, C.; Clairand, Isabelle; Bordy, J.M.; Daures, J.; Debroas, J.; Denoziere, M.; Donadille, L.; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Itie, C. (2011-03)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe work package 3 of the ORAMED project, Collaborative Project (2008–11) supported by the European Commission within its seventh Framework Programme, is focused on the optimisation of the use of active personal dosemeters ... -
Air kerma to H-P(3) conversion coefficients for IEC 61267 RQR X-RAY radiation qualities: application to dose monitoring of the lens of the eye in medical diagnostics
Principi, Sara; Guardiola Salmerón, Consuelo; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2016-09-01)
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Accés obertRecent studies highlight the fact that the new eye lens dose limit can be exceeded in interventional radiology procedures and that eye lens monitoring could be required for these workers. The recommended operational quantity ... -
Dose assesment with fast Monte Carlo codes in interventional radiology
García Balcaza, Víctor; Camp Brunés, Anna; Sánchez Casanueva, Roberto Mariano; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Duch Guillen, María Amor (2023-10-11)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThis study presents the performance of two fast Monte Carlo codes, PENELOPE/penEasyIR and MCGPU-IR in order to assess operator doses in interventional radiology. In particular, it aims to validate the calculations when ... -
Dose variations in tumor volumes and organs at risk during IMRT for head-and-neck cancer
Beltrán Vilagrasa, Mercè; Ramos, Monica; Rovira, Juan Jose; Pérez-Hoyos, Santiago; Sancho, Marc; Puertas, Enrique; Benavente, Sergi; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Giralt, Jordi (2012)
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Accés obertMany head-and-neck cancer (HNC) patients treated with radiotherapy suffer significant anatomical changes due to tumor shrinkage or weight loss. The purpose of this study was to assess dose changes over target volumes and ... -
Effect of the radiation protective apron on the response of active and passive personal dosemeters used in interventional radiology and cardiology
Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Carinou, Eleftheria; Brodecki, M.; Clairand, Isabelle; Principi, Sara (2019-03)
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Accés obertIn fluoroscopy guided interventional procedures, workers use protective garments and often two personal dosemeters, the readings of which are used for the estimation of the effective dose; whereas the dosemeter above the ... -
EURADOS 2016 intercomparison exercise of eye lens dosemeters
Clairand, Isabelle; Behrens, R.; Brodecki, M.; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2018-12-01)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialIn the context of a new annual eye lens dose limit for occupational exposure equal to 20 mSv, European Radiation Dosimetry Group (EURADOS) organized an intercomparison dedicated to eye lens dosemeters, including photon and ... -
Eye lens monitoring for interventional radiology personnel: dosemeters, calibration and practical aspects of H-p(3) monitoring. A 2015 review
Carinou, Eleftheria; Ferrari, Paolo; Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Sans Merce, Marta; O'Connor, Una (2015-09-01)
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Accés obertA thorough literature review about the current situation on the implementation of eye lens monitoring has been performed in order to provide recommendations regarding dosemeter types, calibration procedures and practical ... -
Fast Monte Carlo codes for occupational dosimetry in interventional radiology
García Balcaza, Víctor; Camp Brunés, Anna; Badal Soler, Andreu; Andersson, Martin; Almén, Anja; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Duch Guillen, María Amor (2021-05)
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Accés obertInterventional radiology techniques cause radiation exposure both to patient and personnel. The radiation dose to the operator is usually measured with dosimeters located at specific points above or below the lead aprons. ... -
Feasibility study of computational occupational dosimetry: evaluating a proof-of-concept in an endovascular and interventional cardiology setting
O'Connor, Una; Walsh, Colin; Gorman, Dermot; O'Reilly, Geraldine; Martin, Zenia; Madhavan, Prakash; Murphy, Ross; Szirt, Richard; Almén, Anja; Andersson, Martin; Camp Brunés, Anna; García Balcaza, Víctor; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Abdelrahman, Mahmoud; Lombardo, Pasquale; Vanhavere, Filip (2022-10-05)
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Accés obertIndividual monitoring of radiation workers is essential to ensure compliance with legal dose limits and to ensure that doses are As Low As Reasonably Achievable. However, large uncertainties still exist in personal dosimetry ... -
Field correction factors for a PTW-31016 pinpoint ionization chamber for both flattened and unflattened beams. Study of the main sources of uncertainties
Puxeu, Josep; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Nailon, William H.; Cruz Lizuain, M.; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2017-05-01)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialPurpose The primary aim of this study was to determine correction factors, math formula for a PTW-31016 ionization chamber on field sizes from 0.5 cm × 0.5 cm to 2 cm × 2 cm for both flattened (FF) and flattened filter-free ... -
First eurados intercomparison exercise of eye lens dosemeters for medical applications
Clairand, Isabelle; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Vanhavere, F.; Carinou, Eleftheria; Daures, J.; Denoziere, M.; Silva, E. H.; Roig Costa, Maria; Principi, Sara; Van Rycheghem, L. (2016-09-01)
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Accés obertIn the context of the decrease in the eye lens dose limit for occupational exposure to 20 mSv per year stated by the recent revision of the European Basic Safety Standards Directive 2013/59/EURATOM, the European Radiation ... -
How to establish an adequate system for eye lens dose monitoring: a proposal for typical workplaces
Kollaard, Robert; Carinou, Eleftheria; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Struelens, L. (2019-12-31)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialFor years, the dose limit of 150 mSv for occupational exposure of the lens of the eye to ionising radiation was rarely exceeded, and the dose to the eye was only monitored occasionally. With the national implementation of ... -
Implications in do simetry of the implementation of the revised dose limit to the lens of the eye
Broughton, John; Cantone, Marie Claire; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Shah, Binika; Czarwinski, Renate (2015-04-01)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialIn 2012, International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) established a Task Group to provide an assessment of the impact of the implementation of the ICRP-revised dose limit for the lens of the eye for occupational ... -
Influence of dosemeter position for the assessment of eye lens dose during interventional cardiology
Principi, Sara; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Sanchez, Roberto Mariano; Ferenandez, Jose Miguel; Vaño, Eliseo (2015-04-01)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThe equivalent dose limit for the eye lens for occupational exposure recommended by the ICRP has been reduced to 20 mSv y-1 averaged over defined periods of 5 y, with no single year exceeding 50 mSv. The compliance with ... -
Measurements of eye lens doses in interventional cardiology using OSL and electronic dosemeters
Sanchez, R. M.; Vano, E; Fernández, J. M.; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Duch Guillen, María Amor (2014-12-01)
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Accés obertThe purpose of this paper is to test the appropriateness of OSL and electronic dosemeters to estimate eye lens doses at interventional cardiology environment. Using TLD as reference detectors, personal dose equivalent was ... -
Need for harmonisation of extremity dose monitoring in nuclear medicine: Results of a survey amongst national dose registries in Europe
Kyriakidou, Alexandra; Schlief, Jeroen; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Kollaard, Robert (2021-12-01)
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Accés obertStaff handling radiopharmaceuticals in nuclear medicine (NM) may receive significant extremity doses. Over the last decade in particular there has been an increase in NM procedures and new radiopharmaceuticals have been ... -
Occupational exposure of the eye lens in interventional procedures: how to assess and manage radiation dose
Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera; Carinou, Eleftheria; Ferrari, Paolo; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Sans Merce, Marta; O'Connor, Una (2016-11-01)
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Accés obertOccupational exposure from interventional x-ray procedures is one of the areas in which increased eye lens exposure may occur. Accurate dosimetry is an important element to investigate the correlation of observed radiation ... -
Oramed: optimization of radiation protection of medical staff
Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Carnicer, A (2012-04-16)
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Performance and approval procedures for active personal dosemeters
Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2011-03)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialActive personal dosemeters (APDs) are well accepted as useful and reliable instruments for individual dosimetry measurements. The increasing concern about studying the behaviour of APDs in pulsed fields is illustrated ...