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Personal dosimetry using monte-carlo simulations for occupational dose monitoring in interventional radiology: The results of a proof of concept in a clinical setting
Almén, Anja; Andersson, Martin; O'Connor, Una; Abdelrahman, Mahmoud; Camp Brunés, Anna; García Fernández, Víctor Gerardo; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Vanhavere, Filip (2021-10-01)
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Accés obertExposure levels to staff in interventional radiology (IR) may be significant and appropriate assessment of radiation doses is needed. Issues regarding measurements using physical dosemeters in the clinical environment still ... -
Practical guidelines for personal monitoring and estimation of effective dose and dose to the lens of the eye in interventional procedures
Askounis, Panagiotis; Torras González, Anna; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Carinou, Eleftheria (2022-09-19)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialEstimation of effective dose and dose to the lens of the eye for workers involved in interventional procedures is challenging. The interventional procedures in question involve high doses and, due to this, workers need to ... -
PyMCGPU-IR Monte Carlo code test for occupational dosimetry
García Balcaza, Víctor; Fernández Bosman, David; Badal Soler, Andreu; Von Barnekow, Ariel; O'Connor, Una; Camp Brunés, Anna; Aranda López, Juan; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Duch Guillen, María Amor (2023-05-24)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialPyMCGPU-IR is an innovative occupational dose monitoring tool for interventional radiology procedures. It reads the radiation data from the Radiation Dose Structured Report of the procedure and combines this information ... -
Radiation-induced lens opacities: Epidemiological, clinical and experimental evidence, methodological issues, research gaps and strategy
Ainsbury, Elizabeth A.; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Chumak, Vadim; Struelens, L. (Elsevier, 2021-01-01)
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Accés obertIn 2011, the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) recommended reducing the occupational equivalent dose limit for the lens of the eye from 150 mSv/year to 20 mSv/year, averaged over five years, with ... -
Recommendations for the use of active personal dosemeters (APDs) in interventional workplaces in hospitals
O'Connor, Una; Carinou, Eleftheria; Clairand, Isabelle; Ciraj Bjelac, Olivera; Ferrari, Paolo; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Sans Merce, Marta; Vanhavere, Filip (2021-07-01)
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Accés obertOccupational radiation doses from interventional procedures have the potential to be relatively high. The requirement to optimise these doses encourages the use of electronic or active personal dosimeters (APDs) which are ... -
Report of IRPA task group on issues and actions taken in response to the change in eye lens dose limit
Cantone, Marie Claire; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Martin, Colin J; Bordy, J.M.; Dauer, Lawrence T. (2020-12-01)
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Accés obertIn 2018, the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) established its third task group (TG) on the implementation of the eye lens dose limit. To contribute to sharing experience and raising awareness within ... -
Report of task group on the impact of the eye lens dose limits
Cantone, Marie Claire; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Miljanic, Saveta; Martin, Colin J; Akahane, Keiichi; Mpete, Louisa; Michelin, Severino C.; Flannery, Cynthia M.; Dauer, Lawrence T.; Balter, Stephen (2017-06-26)
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Accés obertIn 2012 IRPA established a task group (TG) to identify key issues in the implementation of the revised eye lens dose limit. The TG reported its conclusions in 2013. In January 2015, IRPA asked the TG to review progress ... -
Report of Task group on the implications on the implementation of the ICRP reommendations for a revised dose limit to the lens of the eye
Broughton, J.; Cantone, M.C.; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Shah, B. (2013-10)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialThis report was commissioned by the IRPA President to provide an assessment of the impact on members of IRPA Associate Societies of the introduction of ICRP recommendations for a reduced dose limit for the lens of the ... -
Review of extremity dosimetry in nuclear medicine
Kollaard, Robert; Dabin, Jérémie; Covens, P; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Zorz, Alessandra; Cooke, Jennie; Crabbé, Melissa; Cunha, Lidia; Dowling, Anita; McNamara, Leanne (2021-12-01)
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Accés obertThe exposure of the fingers is one of the major radiation protection concerns in nuclear medicine (NM). The purpose of this paper is to provide an overview of the exposure, dosimetry and protection of the extremities in ... -
Status of eye lens radiation dose monitoring in European hospitals
Carinou, Eleftheria; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; O'Connor, Una; Kopec, Renata; Sans Merce, Marta (2014-12-01)
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Accés restringit per política de l'editorialA questionnaire was developed by the members of WG12 of EURADOS in order to establish an overview of the current status of eye lens radiation dose monitoring in hospitals. The questionnaire was sent to medical physicists ... -
The 2019-2023 Strategic Plan of the Spanish Society of Radiological Protection (SEPR)
Carmena Servent, Pío; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè; Herranz Soler, Margarita; Macías Domínguez, María Teresa; Torres, Ricardo (2021-06-01)
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Accés obertThe Spanish Society for Radiological Protection (SEPR) is a scientific and technical organization that aims to bring together all radioprotection professionals from all the sectors of activity where ionizing and non-ionizing ... -
The influence of operator position, height and body orientation on eye lens dose in interventional radiology and cardiology: Monte Carlo simulations versus realistic clinical measurements
Principi, Sara; Farah, Jad; Ferrari, Paolo; Carinou, Eleftheria; Clairand, Isabelle; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2016-09-01)
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Accés obertObjective:This paper aims to provide some practical recommendations to reduce eye lens dose for work-ers exposed to X-rays in interventional cardiology and radiology and also to propose an eye lens correc-tion factor when ... -
Validation of organ dose calculations with PyMCGPU-IR in realistic interventional set-ups
Fernández Bosman, David; Von Barnekow, Ariel; Dabin, Jérémie; Malchair, Françoise; Vanhavere, Filip; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2022-01-01)
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Accés obertIntroduction: Interventional radiology procedures are associated with high skin dose exposure. The 2013/59/ EURATOM Directive establishes that the equipment used for interventional radiology must have a device or a feature ... -
Validation of the MC-GPU Monte Carlo code against the PENELOPE/penEasy code system and benchmarking against experimental conditions for typical radiation qualities and setups in interventional radiology and cardiology
Fernández Bosman, David; García Balcaza, Víctor; Delgado Soler, C.; Principi, Sara; Duch Guillen, María Amor; Ginjaume Egido, Mercè (2021-02-01)
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Accés obertIntroduction: Interventional procedures are associated with potentially high radiation doses to the skin. The 2013/59/EURATOM Directive establishes that the equipment used for interventional radiology must have a device ...